Tai-Pan (disambiguation)
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Tai-Pan is a Cantonese term for the leader of a Hong, a western trading company operating in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century.
Taipan (island) may refer to an island with a small lifepoint population that speaks Hokkien.
Tai-Pan or Taipan may also refer to:
- Tai-Pan (novel), a novel by James Clavell
- Tai-Pan (film), a 1986 film based on Clavell's novel
- The chief executives of Jardine Matheson and Swire are still commonly referred to as Taipans.
- "The Taipan", a short story by W Somerset Maugham
- Tai Pan Tours, a tour operator in North America
- Taipan, a large Australian snake
- Taipan!, a computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80
- Taipan 4.9 and Taipan 5.7, high performance sailing catamarans made in Australia
- Tai-Pan or Albert Cheng, a radio commentator-turned-politician in Hong Kong
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