Kuanhsi

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 關西 (Guānxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuan¹-hsi¹.

Proper noun

Kuanhsi

1. Alternative form of Guanxi
   • 1954, Arthur F. Raper, Han-sheng Chuan, Shao-hsing Chen, “Traffic Flow by Types of Transportation in Hsinchu”, in Urban and Industrial Taiwan―Crowded and Resourceful‎^[3], Taipei: Good Earth Press, →OCLC, page 194:

     The accompanying map shows the passenger flow by bus. Note that the bus traffic flow is greater between Hsinchu and Chutung and Kuanhsi, than for any other places, except Chupei, 4 miles away. Nearly nine times as many people go from Hsinchu to Chutung by bus as by train; there are 62 bus round trips per day.

   • 1979 August 19, “16 industrial zones planned”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[4], volume XX, number 32, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:

     Three of the zones will be in Kuanhsi, Chunlin village, and Hsinpu, covering 105 hectares. […]
     The 11 other projected industrial zones are located in Hsinchu city, Chutung, Hsinpu, Kuanhsi, Hukou, Chupei, Hsiangshan, Chunlin, Hengshan, Paoshan, and Chituan.

   • 1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike)‎^[5], The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:

     6.4 Y; bear left toward Kuanhsi on NR3. […]
     16.4 Enter Kuanhsi. The road bypasses downtown. Continue straight toward Lungtan.

   • 1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family‎^[6], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix:

     Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Hsinchu Irrigation Association”, in Irrigation Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan‎^[7], archived from the original on 08 August 2022‎^[8]:

     It is located within the territory of Hsinchu, and connects Kuanhsi town in the east, and facing to the Taiwan Straits in the west. It is limited from the north of Chupei to Fengshan stream, and from the south to Hsiangshan Yenshui harbor to the north, including Hsinchu city and Chupei city, Hsinpu, Kuanshi, Chutung town, Chiunglin and Hengshan Hsiang of Hsinchu county.

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

Further reading

• Kuanhsi, Kuan-hsi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kuanhsi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1624, column 3