Meanings
- A lake in Niaosong district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chengcing Lake (澄清湖) in Kaohsiung is to be closed for a week after a man was killed by a falling tree in the park on Friday morning.
2024 April 26, Tsai Ching-hua, Hung Chen-hung, Kayleigh Madjar, “Kaohsiung park closed after tree kills pedestrian”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024, Taiwan News, page 22 more examples
Climb the pagoda just inside the entrance to the resort area at Chengcing (Chengqing) Lake, on the city’s northeastern outskirts. There you will find views of the lake—a reservoir supplying the city with water—and surrounding well-tended and peaceful parklands.
2004, Phil Macdonald, “The South”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167“The central government finally signed off” on the National Indigenous Peoples’ Museum, reports Taiwan News, adding: “It will be built on 14 hectares near the north bank of Chengcing Lake, in Niaosong District.”
2022 September 14, Mark Footer, “Indian weddings in Thailand help offset missing Chinese tourist dollars, and can be had for a relative bargain, too”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022, Opinion
Origin
Partial calque of Mandarin 澄清湖 (literally “Chengcing lake”), from Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Chéngcing Hú.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 澄清湖
- 澄清湖lake
Chinese Mandarin 澄清湖
- 澄清湖lake
Cite this entry
Chengcing Lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chengcing%20Lake
“Chengcing Lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chengcing%20Lake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chengcing Lake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chengcing%20Lake.
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