Yungho
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 永和 (Yǒnghé), Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-ho².
Proper noun
Yungho
- Alternative form of Yonghe
- 1977 November 6, “Iron Tree Blooms Like a Miracle”, in Free China Weekly (自由中國週報), volume XVIII, number 44, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 4:
- But something “impossible” happened Nov. 1 when an “iron tree” flowered at Chu Min-chiu’s residence in Anlo Road, Yungho township in Taipei county. A fragrarce filled the room, enhancing the attractiveness of the rare event.
- 1992 April 29, Huang, Annie, “McDonald’s Closes All Restaurants in Taiwan Following Another Bomb Explosion”, in AP News, archived from the original on 10 October 2022:
- In the Taipei suburb of Yungho, a McDonald’s manager was hospitalized in critical condition after a bomb he was inspecting blew up.
- 2007, Jennifer Su McIntyre, Unbound: Entangled in addiction, abuse and idol worship, these women seemed beyond hope, OMF International, published 2013, →ISBN, OCLC 1187923339, OL 31950205M, page 67:
- After he was discharged, his family successful and well-known throughout the suburb of Yungho, urged him to start a business 一 just like throngs of other Taiwanese People were doing at the time.
- 2009, Ho, Gary, “Maintaining political independence”, in Challenges: The Life and Teachings of Venerable Master Cheng Yen, Douglas & McIntyre, →ISBN, OCLC 263470369, page 90:
- A Tzu Chi commissioner in Yungho, Taipei County, was thinking of running for election, so she went to see the Master. The Master asked her, "Why do you want to enter politics?"
- 2009 November 19, “Suspect food products removed”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 01 October 2022:
- A-Mart supermarket in Yungho, Taipei County, removed salted chicken products from its shelves yesterday after media reports that they contained excessive doses of preservative chemicals.
- 2014, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, “In Search of Destiny”, in My Fight for a New Taiwan, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2013046731, OCLC 1039411006, OL 27156414M, pages 176, 178:
- It would be quieter, I thought, in Eldest Sister's apartment in a suburb of Taipei, and more convenient for meeting opposition colleagues. […]
Shortly after I joined Eldest Sister and her husband at their home in Yungho, a government agent moved into the apartment above us.
- 2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 03 October 2022, Society:
- Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.
- 2016 July 20, S Chon, “Moving to Taiwan: Choosing Between Taipei and Kaohsiung”, in HubPages, archived from the original on 14 October 2022:
- In one apartment we rented in Yungho, New Taipei City (a 15-minute subway ride to the core), there was jackhammering all year 'round.
- 2022 August 7, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: A grave mistrial”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 08 August 2022:
- Chiang was born on Double Ten National Day in 1965, and his Chinese name translates as “national celebration.” He grew up in New Taipei City’s Yungho District (永和), and began his military service in the Air Force in 1995.
- n.d., Pao, William C., “AEC moves response center to HQ, calls for repository”, in The China Post, archived from the original on 14 October 2022:
- To better supervise the daily operations of Taiwan’s three nuclear power plants, the AEC last year moved its National Nuclear Emergency Response Center from headquarters of Taiwan Power Co. to the council’s Yungho, Taipei County building, where a rotating two-member team can monitor situations at the plants via online connections 24 hours a day.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yungho.
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Translations
Yonghe — see Yonghe
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yungho”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 3540, column 3