Lioujiao

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) Liuchiao
(from Hanyu Pinyin) Liujiao

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六腳 (Liòujiǎo).

Proper noun

Lioujiao

A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
- 2004, 關懷社區營造: 台灣心故鄉. II [Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart]‎, →ISBN, OCLC 58548573, page 40:
  Located along the Pozih Creek between Tongshih and Lioujiao, Boat Harbor is a small village in Tongshih Township.
- 2008, 社區發展季刊 [She qu fa zhan ji kan]‎, 中華民國社區發展硏究訓練中心, OCLC 3753954, page 177:
  Second, a case study with in-deep interview to the old people of "An Young Town" in Lioujiao Township is presented.
- 2017, Juang, Shin-Ruoh; et al., “An Expert-Based Assessment Model for Evaluating Habitat Suitability of Pond-Breeding Amphibians”, in Sustainability‎, volume 9, number 2, DOI:10.3390/su9020278, ISSN 2071-1050, OCLC 926210350, page 14:
  Approximately 11 sites in the Lioujiao Township with (scores less than 2.0) had the worst conditions for habitats (Figure 3e).
- 2017 December 13, Cheng Nai-chiang and Sherry Hsiao, “Handmade tatamis a rare Chiayi County craft”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 12 December 2017:
  Cheng also wishes to pass on his skills and has taught people how to make tatami at community centers in Lioujiao Township’s (六腳) Wanbei Village (灣北) and Puzi City’s Shuntian Village (順天).
- 2019 December 1, Liao, George, “2019 Tai Zi Culture Festival in SW Taiwan to feature colorful subculture on Dec. 8”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 2 December 2019:
  The 10th Tai Zi Culture Festival will take place at Suan-Tou Elementary school in Lioujiao Township, Chiayi County from the afternoon of Dec. 8, CNA reported on Sunday (Dec. 1).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lioujiao.

Translations

rural township in south Taiwan

Chinese:
Cantonese: 六腳 (luk⁶ goek³)
Mandarin: 六腳 (zh), 六脚 (zh) (Liùjiǎo)
Min Nan: 六腳 (La̍k-kha)