Syuejia

English

Syuejia Precinct Tainan City Police Department

Alternative forms

• Hsuehchia, Hsüeh-chia (Wade–Giles)
• Xuejia (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 學甲 (Syuéjiǎ).

Proper noun

Syuejia

1. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
   • 2003, Taiwan Yearbook‎^[3], Government Information Office, →OCLC, page 598:

     Performing groups, including stilt walkers and musical bands, draw crowds to one of the most elaborate processions in Taiwan, held in Syuejia 學甲, Tainan County 台南縣, in honor of the tenth century healer, Wu Pen 吳本.

   • 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[4], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:

     Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).

   • 2016, Scott L. Kastner, Margaret M. Pearson, “Winning Hearts and Minds? On the Sources and Efficacy of Economic Engagement Policies in US-China and China-Taiwan Relations”, in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M Ripsman, editors, The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking‎^[5], Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 159–160:

     The Taiwanese milkfish industry has faced troubles in recent years, and in 2011 a state-owned PRC firm placed an order for the fish from the town of Syuejia (Xuejia) in Tainan County.

   • 2022 January 24, Cheng-hui Chen, “Wind energy project to cost NT$3bn”, in Taipei Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 January 2022, Business, page 12‎^[7]:

     Golden Grande, a maker of personal protective equipment — such as masks, protective eyewear, earmuffs and industrial helmets — plans to invest NT$400 million to install smart production lines and advanced manufacturing equipment at its facilities in Tainan’s Syuejia District (學甲), the ministry said.

   • 2023 December 3, Duncan DeAeth, “Suspect in shooting death of 43-year-old man arrested in south Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[8], archived from the original on December 08, 2023, Society‎^[9]:

     After an investigation following Huang’s death on Friday, police officers identified several witnesses and potential suspects in the case, making 10 arrests over 24 hours. The primary suspect evaded police but was found and arrested on Sunday morning in Tainan’s Syuejia District, reported UDN.

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

Translations

district in south Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 學甲／学甲 (Ha̍k-kah)

  Mandarin: 學甲／学甲 (zh) (Xuéjiǎ)