Jiaosi
See also: jiāosì, jiǎosī, and jiǎosǐ
English
Etymology
The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 礁溪 (Jiāoxī) Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi.
Proper noun
Jiaosi
- Alternative form of Jiaoxi
- 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, OCLC 70796775, page 237:
- The patchwork rural scenery of Wundi, located 3 kilometers east of Jiaosi Township, includes fish farms near Diaobie Bridge, paddy fields of Dazhuwei, and the villages of Wugu and Shihchao.
- 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, OCLC 466340762, page 189:
- South of Toucheng, the resort town of JIAOSI is best known for its hot springs and the spectacular waterfalls just outside the city. As the main hot-springs area in the northeastern plains, Jiaosi is immensely popular with working-class Taiwanese, and in recent years there has been a proliferation of spa hotels, many offering rock-bottom rates.
- 2008 April 27, Wong, Jacqueline, “No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 28 October 2022, Top News:
- A man holds a handful of rice as he poses for the photographer in a rice factory in Jiaosi, Ilan County, Taiwan, April 7, 2008.
- 2016 August 29, “疑申請退伍遭拖延 特戰兵墜樓身亡 [SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED]”, in Christina Liu, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 30 August 2016:
- A guest at a hotspring hotel in Jiaosi Township, Yilan was reported to have fallen off the building and died.
- 2017 June 2, Wu, Chia-Pao (吳嘉堡); Hsu Heng-Tzu (許恆慈); Chiu Fu-Tsai (邱福財), “礁溪重大違規農舍 縣府強制拆除 [YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND]”, in Clare Lear, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 24 November 2018:
- Yesterday an illegal residence on farmland at Jiaosi was forcibly demolished and the local government emphasized that illegal residences at Yuanshan and Wujie would be demolished this month. […]
This building near Yilan's Jiaosi has been designated by the local government as illegally built on farmland and is being forcibly demolished.
- 2021 September 17, Shan, Shelley, “Yilan high-speed rail link to rely on consent: MOTC”, in Taipei Times, ISSN 1563-9525, OCLC 464696902, archived from the original on 16 September 2021, Taiwan News, page 3:
- Residents near Sicheng Station in Yilan’s Jiaosi Township (礁溪) welcomed the proposal to build the terminus there, saying that the ministry should honor the professional recommendations.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jiaosi.
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