Meanings
alternative Chienchin · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Qianjin
- A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Cianjhen, Lingya, Siaogang and Cianjin districts were all reportedly rocked by the explosions on Ersheng Road and Kaisuan Road.
2014, Mark Duell, “Massive explosion caused by 'gas leak in sewage system' kills 15 and injures hundreds as it rips through city in Taiwan”, in Mail Online5 more examples
Sea breezes come from WNW, W, and S directions during daytime. Thus, high wind velocity areas concentrate on the waterfront areas, for example, the outlet of Love River in Cianjin District.
2011, Chao Ren, Ka Lun Lau, Kam Po Yiu, Edward Ng, “Sustainable Urban Planning of High Density Cities by Urban Climatic Mapping: An Experience from Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Magali Bodart, Arnaud Evrard, editors, PLEA 2011: Architecture & Sustainable Development, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 216Two Year Anniversary at Brickyard, B1, 507 Jhongshan 2nd Rd, Cianjin Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市前金區中山二路507號B1).
2019, Marcus Aurelius, “Nightlife: Brickyard turns two”, in Taipei TimesAs the average number of floors in the building in the simulation area is 5 and the overall average height of the Cianjin District is 21 m, the divisions were pedestrian height (1.5 m), 1F (3 m), 2F (6 m), 5F (15 m), 8F (24 m) (height of less building obscuration) to explore the difference of the improvement of the microclimate environment at the near-surface pedestrian level and different height levels between the cases (Figure 3 and Figure 4). In addition, due to the limitation of the simulation results of the vertical grid, the actual vertical floor plan heights were 1.5 m (K= 2), 2.7 m (K = 4), 7.5 m (K = 6), 16.5 m (K = 9), and 25.5 m (K = 12), respectively (k represents the grid point of vertical resolution.).
2020, Jou-Man Huang, Liang-Chun Chen, “A Numerical Study on Mitigation Strategies of Urban Heat Islands in a Tropical Megacity: A Case Study in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan”, in Sustainability, volume 12, number 10, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLCThe Cianjin district is in the center of Kaohsiung city.[...]The Cianjin station of the EPA is atop a 12 m-high building at the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI). The distance between the Cianjin station and the nearest major road is 25 m (see Fig. 1). is automatically monitored hourly (see Fig. 2).
2020, Christina W. Tsai et al., “Development of a noise-assisted multivariate empirical mode decomposition framework for characterizing PM 2.5 air pollution in Taiwan and its relation to hydro-meteorological factors”, in Environment International, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLCProsecutors in Kaohsiung will make a decision Monday over charges against a car driver who struck and killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing Sunday while five times over the legal blood alcohol limit. The 38-year old^([sic – meaning year-old]) suspect, identified by his last name Huang (黃), was caught driving under the influence after he struck a family of four using a pedestrian crossing on the intersection of Hedong Road and Guomin Street in the city's Cianjin District at around 7 p.m. Sunday.
2021 December 27, Kuo Chih-hsuan, Tsai Meng-yu, Tseng Yi-ning, Ko Lin, “Prosecutors weigh up charges for drunk driver who killed 1, injured 3”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2021
Origin
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 前金 (Ciánjin).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 前金
- 前金 (cin⁴ gam¹)district in south Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 前金
- 前金 (Qiánjīn)district in south Taiwan
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Cianjin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cianjin
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