Jianshih
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 尖石 (Jiānshí), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jianshíh.
Proper noun
[edit]Jianshih
- Alternative form of Jianshi
- 2008, Cycling in Taiwan[4], Taiwan Tourism Bureau, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65:
- At Hsinchu Train Station take the Hsinchu Bus heading to Cyonglin, Neiwan, and Jianshih and get off at Hengshan.
- 2010s, GUO DAI ZENG, “About the Mayor”, in Shinchu County Jianshih Township Office[5], archived from the original on 19 December 2019:
- It is my honor and privilege to have this special opportunity to serve the community of Jianshih. I have had endless encouragement and love guiding me to this position, and I believe that it is a true calling from God. I will not let this gift go to waste and I will fervently work to better the lives of everyone in Jianshih. It is my goal to hear the voices of the people of Jianshih and bring to them what they truly need. I will use my position to the best of my ability to help as many people as possible, and to make Jianshih an even better place to live.
- 2021 January 27, “NTUT students build vegetable shop in Atayal village”, in Taipei Times[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 January 2021, Taiwan News, page 3[7]:
- Architecture students at National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) have built an organic vegetable shop for residents of an Atayal village in Hsinchu County’s Jianshih Township (尖石).
- 2022 March 25, Flor Wang, Kuo Hsun-wen, “Two Belgian Catholic priests receive Taiwan ID cards”, in Focus Taiwan[8], archived from the original on 25 March 2022:
- They are the fifth and sixth foreign nationals to obtain ROC citizenship in Hsinchu County for their contributions to society, the Hsinchu County government said in a statement issued on Friday.
Both have worked many years in Jianshih and Zhudong townships, where they helped poor families and disadvantaged students by hosting summer and winter camps for them so they could continue their studies, the statement said.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jianshih.
References
[edit]- ^ “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 […] 尖石鄉 / Jianshi / Jiānshí / Jianshih / Chienshih”