Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Chiayi.
In 1782, Chia-yi and Chang-hua prefectures experienced large-scale social disorders between people of Chang-chou and Ch’uan-chou backgrounds.
1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1433 more examples
§325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part: (a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation:[…] Chia-Yi, Taiwan, China.[…] Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China.
1949, “Index”, in Code of Federal Regulations, Government Printing Office, published 1949, →ISSN, →OCLC, Title 4—Title 5, page 306The fate of the Tropical Chemical Industry Company near Chia-yi was an example.[...]In a similar fashion the industrial alcohol plant near Chia-yi (the largest of its kind in the Orient) was allowed to fall into complete disrepair and go out of production.
1965, George H. Kerr, Formosa Betrayed, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132While Chu-lo was recaptured in the spring (during its subsequent siege, Ch’ien-lung bestowed the name Chia-yi, Commendable Loyalty, on the city), most of Chang-hua district remained in rebel hands.[...]They lifted the siege of Chia-yi and then moved against Lin Shuang-wen.
1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65
Origin
- Mandarin嘉義
- EnglishChia-yi
From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.
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