Jhongjheng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 中正 (zhōngzhèng) Tongyong Pinyin^[1] romanization: Jhongjhèng.

Proper noun

Jhongjheng

Alternative form of Zhongzheng (in Keelung).
- 2018 June 26, “Taiwan Grand Lottery top winning ticket sold in Keelung”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[3], archived from the original on August 9, 2024, Society‎^[4]:
  The sole winning ticket for the top prize in Tuesday's Grand Lottery (大樂透) was sold by a lottery store in Keelung's Jhongjheng District in northern Taiwan, according to Taiwan Lottery.
- 2019 October 15, George Liao, “Third Taipei-Keelung express bus line begins operation Oct. 16”, in Taiwan News‎^[5], archived from the original on 09 August 2024, Travel‎^[6]:
  The mayor went on to say that more than one million visitors come to Keelung on cruises each year and predicted that Line 1579, which passes through scenic areas in the city’s Jhongjheng District, will certainly be profitable in the future, according to the report.
- 2021 July 20, 盧賢秀, “‘Skywalkers’ lug gear uphill to fix old folks’ house [爺奶獨居鐵皮屋「天行者」扛物資上山修繕]”, in Julian Clegg, transl., Taipei Times‎^[7], sourced from 自由時報, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-27, Taiwan News, page 14‎^[8]:
  An elderly married couple in Keelung’s Jhongjheng District have been living in a corrugated iron house that is potentially dangerous because it is too dark inside and the bathroom floor is wet and slippery.
  基隆市中正區一對老夫妻住在山坡上鐵皮屋，因室內燈光不足、浴室地面濕滑， […]
- 2022 November 15, Chen Yu-fu, Jonathan Chin, “Keelung inaugurates long-term care facility”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 15, 2022, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[10]:
  The Keelung City Government last week held a plaque revealing ceremony for a long-term care center for elderly people in Jhongjheng District (中正).
- 2024 June 4, Chen Yi-shao, Jason Pan, “Keelung landslide buries vehicles and injures four”, in Taipei Times‎^[11], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 03, 2024, Front Page, page 1‎^[12]:
  A truck is trapped by debris following a landslide along Beining Road in Keelung’s Jhongjheng District on Monday afternoon.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jhongjheng.

References

^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎^[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎^[2]: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 中正區 / Zhongzheng / Zhōngzhèng / Jhongjheng / Chungcheng”

[1] “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎^[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎^[2]: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 中正區 / Zhongzheng / Zhōngzhèng / Jhongjheng / Chungcheng”

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