Taijhong

English

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 臺中／台中 (Táizhōng) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Táijhong.

Proper noun

Taijhong

1. Alternative form of Taichung
   • 2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin‎^[3], archived from the original on 05 March 2023:

     Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.

   • 2004 July 30, Robin Winkler, “The Day After Tomorrow – Can We Save Taiwan?”, in Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Taiwan (臺灣蠻野心足生態協會)‎^[4], archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[5]:

     In Taijhong we will address protection of the environment from the standpoint of stopping the construction and operation of incinerators, and in Kaohsiung we will address the legal issues arising from the soil and groundwater pollution of the Tai Jian manufacturing plant.

   • 2005, A New Constitution for Taiwan: Symposium on a New Constitution for Taiwan‎^[6], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:

     These were on one hand aimed at giving moral support to Syu and Cai, and on the other to call for the freedom to support independence. These events included the one in Taijhong on Oct 17, the one in Fongshan the following day, and one in Taibei on Oct 30.

   • 2008 January 16, Kaminoge, “Shūdōfu in the news 臭豆腐”, in A Curmudgeon Abroad‎^[7] (Blog), archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[8]:

     There's also a short article in the magazine about the experiences of a Japanese translator during the Asian Championship baseball tournament in T'aichung (Taijhong) 台中 a couple of months ago. It's all in English, except for the poor woman's name, which is written only in Chinese characters - 丸尾啓太.

   • 2008 April 24, “The beauty of Taiwan—National Park Special Exhibition opened in Kaohsiung on April 19”, in National Parks of Taiwan, Construction and Planning Agency‎^[9], archived from the original on 05 March 2023‎^[10]:

     The exhibition will later move to Taijhong’s National Museum of Natural Science and Taipei’s National Taiwan Museum and continues until April 30, 2009.

   • 2013 September 24, “第6題 Where were you born? (附答案)”, in 全民英語補習班 [E.F.E.Languages Center]‎^[11], archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[12]:

     I was born in a hospital in Taijhong in 2001. My mom says that I was a very happy baby and that I was always smiling.

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