Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Qingshui.
One wall of Graffiti 43648, a graffiti art village, in Hsiushui Borough in Greater Taichung’s Chingshui District on April 25.
Taichung adds two more official graffiti areas
2012 July 23, Meng-Chuan (蘇孟娟) Su, “台中街頭塗鴉區再增二處 [Taichung adds two more official graffiti areas]”, in Kyle Jeffcoat, transl., Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 20122 more examples
Cho Yi-yueh, of Chingshui, Taichung County, went to Japan in 1937 when he was 19. He began training as a sumo wrestler under the professional name of Niitakayama.
Free China Weekly
1976 January 4, “Giant wrestler returns home from Japan for retirement”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 1, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2Legislators yesterday stated their displeasure with plans to demolish a military residence in Chingshui Township (清水), Taichung County, saying that Taiwanese culture is at risk.
2006 March 16, Jean Lin, “Taiwanese culture at risk, say legislators”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022
Origin
From Mandarin 清水 (Qīngshuǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-shui³.
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