Hsiaokang

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

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Siaogang.

    Chiang Kai-shek International Airport is in Taoyuan, near Taipei; another international airport at Hsiaokang is near Kaohsiung.

    1994, Alice Cromie, “Mini-Facts at a Glance”, in Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Chicago: Childrens Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118
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    Engineers chose a site for the 480-hectare plant on marshy ground at Hsiaokang, a small township near the southern seaport of Kaohsiung.

    1982 December 5, “China Steel lives up to promise”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

    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

    1. Polling station No. 772 in Chingtao Borough of Hsiaokang District erroneously reported 968 ballots that voted for Lien as for Chen, and 428 ballots that voted for Chen as for Lien. The pan-blue camp claims it has complained to the city's election commission but has received no response.

    2004 March 22, “KMT comes up with nine accusations over voting”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2004

    Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport in Hsiaokang will each set up information kiosks in their departure halls to alert travelers to the risks of the disease, said Chou Jih-haw, deputy director of the CDC.

    2009 January 21, “Taiwan airports set up centers to warn of bird flu in China”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022, Society

    CPDC is one of the world's top five producers of caprolactam, widely used in fibers and plastics. It owns three caprolactam plants in Taiwan -- a 200,000 mt/year plant at Hsiaokang, a 100,000 mt/year plant in Toufen and a 65,000 mt/year plant in Kaohsiung.

    2011 November 30, “Taiwan's CPDC to invest $989 mil to build phenol-acetone plant in east China”, in S&P Global, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin小港
  2. EnglishHsiaokang

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 小港 (Xiǎogǎng), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao³-kang³.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hsiaokang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hsiaokang.

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