Liuchiao

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 六腳 (Liùjiǎo), Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-chiao³.

Proper noun

Liuchiao

1. Alternative form of Lioujiao
   • 2003 February, Shu-Li Wang et al., “Prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and related vascular diseases in southwestern arseniasis-endemic and nonendemic areas in Taiwan”, in Environmental Health Perspectives‎^[1], volume 111, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 156, column 2:

     Taiwan has 323 rural and urban townships and metropolitan precincts. In this study, the nonendemic area included 313 of them, excluding four townships in the above-defined arseniasis-endemic area and another six neighboring townships: Liuchiao of Chimayo County and Hsinying, Hsiaying, Anting, Chiang-chun, and Yenshui of Taiwan County.

   • 2004 January 22, Jimmy Chuang, “Agriculture officials study chicken deaths in Chiayi”, in Taipei Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2004, Front Page, page 1‎^[3]:

     Nearly 15,000 chickens have died in Chiayi County's Liuchiao Township in the past week and officials were working to confirm whether the cause of death was bird flu.

   • 2007 July 9, “Glitch with switch sends high speed rail back and forth”, in Taipei Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2007, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[5]:

     Passengers said the train had to reverse from Hsinshih (新市) in Tainan County to Liuchiao (六腳) in Chiayi County before moving forward again. […]
     After the train returned to Liuchiao, the control center reported the problem switch had moved into its proper position and instructed the driver to head south on the designated track.

   • 2008, Jong-How Chang, Yei-Zeng Wang, “Two Species of Kernia (Plectomycetes) in Taiwan”, in Taiwania‎^[6], volume 53, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 July 2020, pages 414, 415:

     Specimens examined: […] Chiayi Co.: Liuchiao, on buffalo dung, Jong S19, Feb. 13, 2007 (TNMF20636). […] The authors thank Miss S. C. Chen of National Museum of Natural Science for providing dung samples from Liuchiao.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Introduction”, in Hou, Chun Ming‎^[7], archived from the original on 20 January 2018‎^[8]:

     Hou Chun Ming, born in Liuchiao Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan in 1963. A graduate from the National Arts Academy (Now Taipei National University of the Arts), He was first known by his installations and woodcut prints during the 90s that seriously challenged the status quo of Taiwanese politics and social taboos at the time through his uncanny and ritualistic provocations.

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