Chienshih

C3H4I1E1N1S1H4I1H4

A form of Jianshi — A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jianshi.

    Aside from Sanhsia, other exploration areas include Tahsi, Chienshih end along the East-West Cross-Island Highway.

    Free China Weekly

    1983 October 23, “Uranium Found in Taipei County”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXIV, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1
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    The town of Chutung is located five kilometers northwest of the coal field. There is a highway from Chutung to Chienshih and another from Chutung through Shangping to Wufeng along the above-mentioned streams.

    1962, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Taiwan, numbers 14-16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

    The other main route follows the works road which runs from Chienshih Village in Chienshih Township, Hsinchu County, via the "front mountain" Atayal villages of Chinping, Tienpu and Hsiuluan, and ends a 40-minute walk away from[…]

    1995, 光華畫報, volume 20, numbers 1-6, →OCLC, page 81

    Under the government's assistance, Chen said, Nantou County's Hsinhsiang village, Hsinchu County's Chienshih rural township and Kaohsiung County's Sanmin rural township have become model aboriginal communities through integrated development programs that have been carried out over the past four years.

    2004 April 28, “President Chen Concerns the Reconstruction in Aboriginal Village”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022

    When Greenhoe visited Shihlei in the Houshan District (後山) of Hsinchu County's Chienshih Township (尖石) two years ago, he learned that the local school lacked an English teacher, and that English classes had therefore stopped.

    2006 January 17, Jih-ching Peng, “US teacher bikes six hours to volunteer”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2006, Taiwan News, page 2

    The Executive Yuan's typhoon relief center was yesterday forced to evacuate 169 people residing in Chienshih and Wufeng townships in Hsinchu County because of serious concerns about possible landslides that may result from all the precipitation over the past two days.

    2007 September 19, “Wipha brings woe, havoc to northern Taiwan area”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 尖石 (Jiānshí) Wade–Giles romanization: Chien¹-shih².

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APA

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

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Chicago

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