Dasi

Da·si
D2A1S1I1

proper noun

A town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.

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Meanings

Dasi1

proper noun
  1. A town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.

    Located in Dasi Township in Xiqing District, the sanctuary was set up by the Women's Federation of Tianjin in cooperation with the Civil Affairs Bureau of Tianjin Municipal government.

    2003 April 25, “Women's Sanctuary Operational in North China”, in People's Daily Online, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2026
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    The rain, which started on Wednesday evening, hit the northern part of the city the hardest. Dasi township in the suburban Xiqing district was the worst-affected area, receiving 34.5 centimeters of rain, according to the Tianjin Meteorological Bureau.

    2012 July 27, “Tianjin hit with heavy rainfall”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2012

    The kernel density of the distribution of employment sites of residents in peripheral clusters of Tianjin’s central city (Fig. 5) shows that majority of the residents in peripheral clusters in the central city of Tianjin are employed in a central street or a specific town within the cluster, such as Shuangjie Town in Shuangjie Cluster, Jinzhong Street in Dabizhuang Cluster, Xinli Street in Xinli Cluster, Shuanggang Town in Shuanggang Cluster, Dasi Town in Dasi Cluster, and Huaming Street in Dongli Lake Cluster.

    2023 March 20, Zifei Liu, Peng Guo, Yanling Sun, Junrong Li, Xinrui Pei, “Commuting Characteristics of Peripheral Clusters around a Central City Based on Mobile Phone Signaling Data—A Case Study of Tianjin, China”, in Sensors and Materials, volume 35, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2023, page 879 of 871–887

Dasi2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Daxi (a district in Taoyuan, Taiwan).

    The Generalissimo’s Garden in Taoyuan’s Dasi District (大溪) is an absurd, tragicomic collection of about 200 retired statues of former president Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石).

    2024 January 16, JC Shen, “A view of Taiwan from Singapore”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, Editorials, page 8
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    DASI, Taiwan - The two black marble sarcophagi sit in similar mausoleums less than a mile apart, each a one-story building of house size arranged around a tiny, grassy courtyard in a wooded valley an hour's drive southwest of Taipei.

    2004 September 9, Keith Bradsher, “The Chiangs, Father and Son, Can't Rest in Peace Just Yet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2021, Dasi Journal

    At Cihhu (Cihu), near the town of Dasi (Daxi), 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is “temporary,” as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.

    2007, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122, column 1

    An intriguing experiment in Taoyuan’s Dasi District (大溪) suggests that, when government entities cooperate with NGOs and private businesses, it’s possible to alleviate these negative externalities.

    2025 March 26, Steven Crook, “Environmental Impact Assessment: Taiwan’s delivery truck hell”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025, page 12
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Daxi (an urban village in Toucheng, Yilan County, Taiwan).
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    Dasi [...] South of Cape Sandiao, the northernmost foothills of the Syueshan Range rise sharply from the coast, creating a striking backdrop to the small towns that dot the shoreline. DASI, 4km south of Dali, is a once-tranquil town that is quickly being transformed into Taiwan's premier surf centre. Dasi is widely considered to have the most consistent beach break in northern Taiwan, and the waves on the edge of town in Honeymoon Bay hold great appeal for experienced and novice surfers alike.

    2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan, 1st edition, New York: Rough Guides, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 186

    The governance of the Diaoyutais comes under the administrative jurisdiction of the Dasi (大溪) administrative unit in Toucheng Township (頭城), Yilan County, so the ROC government reserves the right to expel or detain any Chinese fishing vessels found to be operating in commercial fishing grounds surrounding the islands jointly claimed by Taiwan and Japan, the document added.

    2010 October 4, Fan Cheng-hsiang, “Japan worried over ROC interpretation”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2010, page 1

    Lee Chien-hua (李劍華), a 92-year-old physician who for nearly 70 years was the only doctor in Yilan County’s Dasi Village (大溪), recently announced his retirement, after Yang-Ming University Hospital promised to take over his clinic. From 1946 — when Lee moved from Yilan City to found Dasi Clinic in the remote coastal community in the county’s Toucheng Township (頭城) — to Friday last week, Lee was the sole physician for Dasi and its 5,000 inhabitants.

    2015 September 8, Chiang Chih-hsiung, Jonathan Chin, “Dasi doctor retires after nearly 70 years of service”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2015, page 4

Origin

Dasi · proper noun

  1. Mandarin大寺
  2. EnglishDasi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大寺.

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Dasi · proper noun

  1. Mandarin大溪
  2. EnglishDasi

From Mandarin 大溪 (Dàxī) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dàsi.

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APA

Dasi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dasi

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“Dasi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dasi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dasi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dasi.

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