Chishan

Chishan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 旗山 (Qíshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-shan¹.

Proper noun

Chishan

1. Alternative form of Cishan
   • 1975 December 28, “New process is making banana waste into paper”, in Free China Weekly (自由中國週報)‎, volume XVI, number 51, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 4, column 1:

     The proposed plant will be located in Chishan, Kaohsiung, near the large banana plantations. It will have a daily capacity of 15 tons of paper at the first stage.

   • 1983, Pasternak, Burton, “Lungtu Before the Japanese”, in Guests in the Dragon: Social Demography of a Chinese District, 1895-1946‎, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 83-5194, OCLC 9371219, page 22:

     En route the Japanese sent men to gather intelligence in Hsishih and Fanshuliao (now Chishan, just to the west of Meinung).

   • 2007 February 11, Feliciano, Marie, “CHT expanding education program for migrants”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 06 October 2022, Society:

     Last year, CHT-I organized training sessions for foreign moms in various parts of the country, particularly in remote locations such as Chishan in Kaohsiung County, Pingtung, Wuku in Taipei County, and Taitung.

   • 2013 February 2, Tsai, Ching-hua; Jake Chung, “Greater Kaohsiung renews contract with band Mayday”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 31 August 2019‎:

     He then took a banana from his pocket, took the first bite and then passed it to the other band members, who each took a bite out of it to signify that the bond between them was “ru jiao sih ci (如膠似漆),” as thick as thieves, and also promoting the bananas grown in Greater Kaohsiung’s Chishan District (旗山).

   • 2016, Chia Hung Jen; et al., “The Impact of Typhoon Morakot in 2009 on Landslides, Debris Flows and Population in the Chishan River Catchment, Taiwan”, in Geomorphology and Society‎, DOI:10.1007/978-4-431-56000-5, →ISBN, ISSN 2198-3542, OCLC 965618643, page 76:

     The result shows that the areas with most population change between 2012 and 2008 are in Chishan and Meinong, and both in the landslide 'coldspot'.

   • 2020, “110 學年度外國學生申請入學招生簡章 [2021-2022 Admission Brochure for International Students]”, in Shih Chien University‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2022, page 42:

     The Shih Chien University Kaohsiung Campus is located at the junction of Neimen and Chishan [Qishan]. The following information will direct you to our campus：
     1. Travel by car
     Situated at the boundary between Neimen and Chishan, the Kaohsiung Campus is only about 10 minutes’ drive from the Chishan terminal of National Highway No. 10 and is easily accessible […]

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

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kishan, Chishan, or Ch'i-shan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, OCLC 802473294, page 955, column 3
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chishan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2008009181, OCLC 212893637, page 785, column 2