Taizhong
See also: Táizhōng
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 臺中/台中 (Táizhōng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɪˈʒɔŋ/[2]
Proper noun
Taizhong
- Alternative spelling of Taichung
- 1987, Hill Gates, “Folk Religions, Old and New”, in Chinese Working-Class Lives: Getting by in Taiwan, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 203:
- By the time I reached my sixtieth birthday, in 1970, I decided to retire. My son was grown and capable, with a good job in a chemical company; my son-in-law had his own construction firm in Taizhong.
- 1992, Shunwu (周舜武) Zhou, “Taiwan Province”, in 中国分省地理 [China Provincial Geography], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 499:
- Taizhong, in the west at midisland, has an area of 163 square kilometres and a population of 600,000.
- 2007, Diana Lary, “More than survival - the Republic on Taiwan: 1949 to the present”, in China's Republic, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 199:
- In 1999 the Buddhist organizations were the first on the scene after the devastating earthquake in Taizhong (Tai-chung), providing direct aid and spiritual comfort; their energy and competence showed up the army, police, and local government.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Taizhong.
Translations
Taichung — see Taichung
References
- Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015) “Transliteration Tables”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 435: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] T'aichung (Taichū, Taichung) / Taizhong / 臺中”
- “Taichung”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (see note about this alternative spelling Taizhong at the bottom of the Taichung entry)
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