Chiahsien

C3H4I1A1H4S1I1E1N1

A form of Jiasian — A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jiasian.

    Xiaolin village is located in the northeast of Chiahsien Township, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan (Fig. 1).

    2013, Su-Chin Chen et al., “Catastrophic Deep-Seated Landslide at Xiaolin Village in Taiwan Induced by 2009.8.9 Typhoon Morakot”, in Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 402
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    Once back on the main road at Laonung, climb another steep grade and drop into Chiahsien for the evening.[…] Chiahsien is famous for its taro-root products. There are shops up and down the main street that sell taro candy, taro ice cream, and sweet taro soup.

    1994, Roger Grigsby, “Tour No. 2, Taiwan: A Southern Island Tour—Tailuko to Touliu”, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 107

    Just beyond Liukuei, the road continues north until it meets up with the South Cross-Island Highway at Chiahsien.

    1998, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274, column 2

    The total number of votes won by the Chen-Lu ticket was 4,977,697, according to the CEC. CEC Chairman Huang Shih-cheng (黃石城) said his commission decided to post the name of the elected candidates as scheduled, because it was sure the result of the presidential vote had not been affected by a counting error that occurred at a polling center in Chiahsien township (甲仙鄉), Kaohsiung County, nor by another incident of ballot mismanagement which took place in Tainan.

    2000 March 26, Stephanie Low, “It's official: Chen-Lu won by a nose, CEC announces”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023, Local News, page 3

    The tremor hit at 4:17am, with its epicenter 16km south of Chiahsien in Kaohsiung County and 6.9 kilometers underground, according to the Seismology Center.

    2004 May 9, “Taiwan Quick Take”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2004, Taiwan News, page 3

    The 6.4 earthquake which hit Chiahsien in Kaohsiung County Thursday morning led to a suspension of services between Taichung and Kaohsiung and to a wave of complaints about the company’s treatment of passengers in the aftermath.

    2010 March 7, “Taiwan high speed rail to return to normal Tuesday after quake disruptions”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin甲仙
  2. EnglishChiahsien

From Mandarin 甲仙 (Jiǎxiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Chia³-hsien¹.

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Chiahsien. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiahsien

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