Jianshi

See also: jiānshí, jiānshì, jiǎnshí, jiǎnshì, jiànshí, jiànshǐ, jiànshì, jiànshi, and Jiànshǐ

English

Alternative forms

• Chienshih, Chien-shih (Wade–Giles)
• Kienshih (Postal Romanization)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 建始 (Jiànshǐ) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Proper noun

Jianshi

1. A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
   • [1975, “The Giant Ape”, in China Pictorial‎^[1], number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 3:

     During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution over 200 teeth of the giant ape were found in Chienshih County, Hupeh Province, and Pama County, the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region.]

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 建始 (zh) (Jiànshǐ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Jianshi, Chienshih, Chien-shih, Kienshih at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jianshi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1447, column 1

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尖石 (Jiānshí).

Alternative forms

• Jianshih (Tongyong Pinyin)

Proper noun

Jianshi

1. A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
   • 2023 January 25, George Liao, “Snow falls at Mingchih, Jianshi in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[3], archived from the original on April 22, 2024‎^[4]:

     As a severe cold wave sweeps across Taiwan, snowfall was reported at several locations in the country, including the Mingchih forest recreation area in Yilan County and high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County. […]
     Hsinchu County Councilor Liu Chien-ming (劉建民) told CNA that high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, such as Llyung, Tayax villages and Lidong Mountain, had seen snowfall Tuesday evening into midnight, but as the moisture was not sufficient, there was no snow cover to speak of.

   • 2023 June 15, Tsai Chang-sheng, Jason Pan, “Hsinchu court fines illegal logging ring NT$70 million”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 June 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[6]:

     Ho, 52, a resident of Hsinchu County’s Hsinchu’s^[sic] Jianshi Township (尖石) died after being released on bail last year, the ruling said.

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

Translations

mountain indigenous township in northern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 尖石 (Chiam-chio̍h)

  Mandarin: 尖石 (zh) (Jiānshí)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can