Wuchi

See also: wúchǐ, wǔchī, and wǔchí

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 梧棲 (Wúqī) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu²-chʻi¹.

Proper noun

Wuchi

1. Alternative form of Wuqi
   • 1970 February 16, Peter G. Smith, “Taiwan keeps momentum”, in International Commerce‎^[1], volume 76, number 7, Bureau of International Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, →OCLC, page 18, column 1:

     In transportation, major developments during the year centered on ocean shipping. Wuchi, on the west-central coast near Taichung, was named as the site for Taiwan’s third major international seaport.

   • 1973 March 11, “Building of Taichung port to start on time”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[2], volume XIV, number 9, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, columns 4–5:

     He said international bidding will be called next July 30 for the construction of the outer embankments for Taiwan's fourth international seaport at Wuchi, 14 miles west of Taichung.

   • 1974 October 10, “Ten Basic Projects Will Help Taiwan Achieve Developed Status”, in International Herald Tribune‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 8:

     Construction of a new international port began at Wuchi, near Taichung on the west central coast, in October of 1973.

   • 1988, Tai-Chi Chen Wang et al., “Rainfall Estimate From Digital Radars in Taiwan Area”, in Tropical Rainfall Measurements‎^[4], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 477:

     A well-organized NE-SW oriented rainband had already passed Wuchi and Taichung at this time (Fig. 8). The heavy rain core was located east of Taichung. The reflectivity was 30 dbz at Taichung and 20 dbz at Wuchi. Gauge measurements were 10.2 mm/hour at Taichung and 0.6 mm/hour at Wuchi. An underestimate (G/R 4.2) was found near Taichung, and an underestimate (G/R 0.5) was found near Wuchi.

   • 2004, Pradyumna P. Karan, “The Chinese Cultural Area”, in The Non-Western World: Environment, Development, and Human Rights‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:

     The growth of Taichung is related to major government investments in infrastructure projects, which include the Taichung International port and industrial estate at Wuchi, two Taichung industrial estates, and an export processing zone at Fengyuan.

   • 2016 January 12, James Pomfret, “In Taiwan's south, calls for independence from China entrenched as poll looms”, in Ben Blanchard, Nick Macfie, editors, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 13 January 2016‎^[7]:

     Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen greets supporters at the end of a campaign rally in Wuchi district, Taichung city in central Taiwan January 12, 2016.

   • 2016 July 11, Tsung-chiu Chang, “Skywalk opened to bolster Baguashan”, in Taipei Times‎^[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 July 2016, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[9]:

     Locals said the bridge has revived tourism on Baguashan, which had more visitors yesterday than it had on any day during the Lunar New Year holiday period.
     However, a visitor surnamed Tsai (蔡) from Taichung’s Wuchi District (梧棲) said the bridge’s management should have put more personnel in charge of visitor safety.

   • 2021 August 13, “Wu Chi Old Street”, in Taichung City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau‎^[10], archived from the original on 10 August 2022‎^[11]:

     Wuchi District is a hot travel destination in coastal Taichung.

   • 2021 December 7, Keoni Everington, “5 COVID-positive migrant workers spark fears of outbreak in central Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[12], archived from the original on 07 December 2021‎^[13]:

     Thus far, investigators have found that the men visited a PX Mart in Taichung's Wuchi District on Dec. 3 and a PX Mart in Taichung's Qingshui District on Dec. 5. All five men are currently asymptomatic and wore face masks while in these stores.

   • 2021 December 23, Li-Wei Lai, “Poor Visibility in Winter Due to Synergistic Effect Related to Fine Particulate Matter and Relative Humidity in the Taipei Metropolis, Taiwan”, in Atmosphere‎^[14], volume 13, number 2, published 2022, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17 of 23:

     These results are similar to the findings of Kuo et al. [23], which suggested that PM_2.5 explained 48.6% and 58.1% of the variation in visibility in the Taichung and Wuchi areas of Taiwan, respectively.

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

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wusi or Wuhsi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[15], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2109, column 1: “Sometimes spelled Wuchi.”
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuchi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[16], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 1