Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung

See also: Kao Hsiung and Kao-hsiung

English

Kaohsiung Exhibition Center

Alternative forms

• (also from Wade-Giles) Kao Hsiung, Kao-hsiung
• Kaohiung, Kaosiung
• (from Tongyong Pinyin) Gaosyong
• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Gaoxiong

Etymology

c. 1945, from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāoxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹-hsiung², from 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) (Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/
• enPR: gouʹshyo͝ongʹ[1]

Proper noun

Kaohsiung

1. The second largest city in Taiwan. [from 20th c.]
   • 1946 December 14, Stenhouse, John, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly‎, volume XXV, number 11, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, ISSN 0097-3041, OCLC 1950822, page 4, column 1:

     Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war.

   • 1978, Kung-Ping Wang and E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia‎, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, LCCN 77-25267, OCLC 3481257, OL 4555438M, page 309:

     The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.

   • 1998, Storey, Robert, Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎ (Travel), 4th edition, →ISBN, OCLC 970524541, page 260:

     Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport.

   • 2021 May 15, Kuo, Lily, “Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food”, in Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 08 August 2021:

     The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing.

   • 2022 April 3, Blanchard, Ben, “Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 03 April 2022:

     Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening".

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kaohsiung.
2. (historical) A former county of Taiwan. [from 20th c.]
   • 1981 December 6, “Progress and plenty in Kaohsiung county”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 48, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 2, column 1:

     Occupying an area of 2,793, square kilometers, Kaohsiung county lists agriculture as its most important economic activity, followed by industry, commerce and fishing. While it is only 60 kilometers long, the county's coastline is extremely favorable to fishing activities.
     With its attractive mountain and seaside scenery, Kaohsiung county has enjoyed rapid development in the tourism industry. The best-known tourist attractions are the Chengching lake in the outskirts of Kaohsiung city, and Fokuangshan, where there are many Buddhist relics.

   • 1999, Jones, Charles Brewer, “The Early Japanese Period”, in Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-31740, OCLC 231785239, page 54:

     Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kaohsiung.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) KHH
• Takau
• Takow
• (from Japanese) Takao

Descendants

• Translingual: kaohsiungensis

Translations

a large city in Taiwan

Arabic: كَاوْشْيُونْغ‎ m (kawšyūnḡ), غَاوْشْيُونْغ‎ m (ḡawšyūnḡ) Catalan: Kaohsiung Chinese: Cantonese: 高雄 (gou1 hung4) Hakka: 高雄 (Kô-hiùng) Mandarin: 高雄 (zh) (Gāoxióng) Min Nan: 打狗 (Tá-káu, Táⁿ-káu), 高雄 (zh-min-nan) (Ko-hiông) Czech: Kao-siung Dutch: Kaohsiung Finnish: Kaohsiung German: Kaohsiung Italian: Kaohsiung Japanese: 高雄 (ja) (Takao) Korean: 고웅(高雄) (Goung), 가오슝 (Gaosyung) Lithuanian: Gaosiongas Macedonian: Ка́осјунг m (Káosjung), Га́осјунг m (Gáosjung) Polish: Kaohsiung Portuguese: Kaohsiung Russian: Гаосю́н m (Gaosjún) Spanish: Kaohsiung (es) Thai: เกาสฺยง (Gao-syǒng), (informal) เกาสง (Gao-sǒng) Vietnamese: Cao Hùng (高雄)

References

1. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kaohiung, Kaosiung, or Kaohsiung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, page 908, column 3

Further reading

• “Kaohsiung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Kaohsiung, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Kaohsiung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.o.sjuŋ/

Proper noun

Kaohsiung m

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)

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German

Proper noun

Kaohsiung n (proper noun, genitive Kaohsiungs or (optionally with an article) Kaohsiung)

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)

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Italian

Proper noun

Kaohsiung ?

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Kaohsiung f

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaoˈsjun/ [ka.oˈsjũn]
• IPA^(key): /kaoˈʃjun/ [ka.oˈʃjũn]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: Ka‧oh‧siung

Proper noun

Kaohsiung ?

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)