- taipan (1)
[taipan 词源字典]
- "A foreigner who is head of a business in China", Mid 19th century: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan.[taipan etymology, taipan origin, 英语词源]
- taipan (2)
- "A large brown highly venomous Australian snake", 1930s: from Wik Munkan (an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland) dhayban.