Taizhong

See also: Táizhōng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 臺中／台中 (Táizhōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪˈʒɔŋ/

Proper noun

Taizhong

1. Alternative spelling of Taichung
   • 1987, Hill Gates, “Folk Religions, Old and New”, in Chinese Working-Class Lives: Getting by in Taiwan‎^[2], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 203:

     By the time I reached my sixtieth birthday, in 1970, I decided to retire. My son was grown and capable, with a good job in a chemical company; my son-in-law had his own construction firm in Taizhong.

   • 1992, Shunwu (周舜武) Zhou, “Taiwan Province”, in 中国分省地理‎^[3], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 499:

     Taizhong, in the west at midisland, has an area of 163 square kilometres and a population of 600,000.

   • 2007, Diana Lary, “More than survival - the Republic on Taiwan: 1949 to the present”, in China's Republic‎^[4], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 199:

     In 1999 the Buddhist organizations were the first on the scene after the devastating earthquake in Taizhong (Tai-chung), providing direct aid and spiritual comfort; their energy and competence showed up the army, police, and local government.

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

Translations

Taichung — see Taichung