Chienchen

C3H4I1E1N1C3H4E1N1

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

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Cianjhen.

    (1) Construction of a third container terminal: It will be located at a site adjacent to the Chienchen fishing port.

    1975 December 7, “Kaohsiung port plan for big expansion includes 7 projects”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4
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    Buddhist Choir established at Chienchen. Kaohsung......The Buddhist Mission of Chienchen established a Buddhist Choir to obey the advice of Ven. Hsingyuen.

    Bodhedrum

    1956 August 8, “佛教新聞英文版 [Buddhist News in Free China]”, in 菩提樹 [Bodhedrum], Taichung: The Bodhedrum Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022, page 47, column 1

    Kaohsiung City is situated at the southwestern part[...]The basic and heavy industries are mostly concentrated in Chienchen District,[...]

    1962, General Report 1961 Industry & Commerce Census of Taiwan, the Republic of China, →OCLC, page 309

    Only the station located in Chienchen is classified as an industrial monitoring station. However, two industrial complexes outside the city boundary of Kaohsiung (ie, Linyen and Tashe)[...]

    1999 July, Ni-Bin Chang, C. C. Tseng, “Optimal Design of a Multi-Pollutant Air Quality Monitoring Network in a Metropolitan Region Using Kaohsiung, Taiwan as an Example”, in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, volume 57, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

    In Kaohsiung County, the most concentrated regions include Chienchen and Hsiaokang, which are predominantly industrial, and Sanmin, whose residents are mostly immigrants from the agricultural regions.

    2004, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia, “Internationalization of Capital and the Trade in Asian Women: The Case of "Foreign Brides" in Taiwan”, in Women and Globalization, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 205

    Heavy rainfall brought by Morakot, coupled with the monthly rising tide along the coastlines of southern Taiwan, caused flooding in many districts in the city, with the areas adjacent to Sizihwan, Love River and Chienchen River heavily affected. The water level rose knee-high in some streets in the Chienchen district.

    2009 August 9, “Taiwan Kaohsiung mayor orders typhoon recovery work”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin前鎮 /前镇
  2. EnglishChienchen

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 前鎮 /前镇 (Qiánzhèn), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-chên⁴.

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APA

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

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“Chienchen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chienchen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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