Jiaosi

J8I1A1O1S1I1

A form of Jiaoxi — A rural township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jiaoxi.

    A guest at a hotspring hotel in Jiaosi Township, Yilan was reported to have fallen off the building and died.

    SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED

    2016 August 29, “疑申請退伍遭拖延 特戰兵墜樓身亡 [SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED]”, in Christina Liu, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2016
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    The patchwork rural scenery of Wundi, located 3 kilometers east of Jiaosi Township, includes fish farms near Diaobie Bridge, paddy fields of Dazhuwei, and the villages of Wugu and Shihchao.

    2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 237

    South of Toucheng, the resort town of JIAOSI is best known for its hot springs and the spectacular waterfalls just outside the city. As the main hot-springs area in the northeastern plains, Jiaosi is immensely popular with working-class Taiwanese, and in recent years there has been a proliferation of spa hotels, many offering rock-bottom rates.

    2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 189

    Some rice exporters in Vietnam and India have restricted exports in order to keep more rice at home, pushing up international prices and threatening supplies to countries that depend on imports. A man worked in a rice factory in Jiaosi in Ilan County, Taiwan.

    2008 April 7, “Pictures of the Day, April 7”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023, page 12 of 15

    A man holds a handful of rice as he poses for the photographer in a rice factory in Jiaosi, Ilan County, Taiwan, April 7, 2008.

    2008 April 27, Jacqueline Wong, “No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2022, Top News

    Yesterday an illegal residence on farmland at Jiaosi was forcibly demolished and the local government emphasized that illegal residences at Yuanshan and Wujie would be demolished this month.[…] This building near Yilan's Jiaosi has been designated by the local government as illegally built on farmland and is being forcibly demolished.

    YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND

    2017 June 2, Chia-Pao (吳嘉堡) Wu, 許恆慈 [Hsu Heng-Tzu], 邱福財 [Chiu Fu-Tsai], “礁溪重大違規農舍 縣府強制拆除 [YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND]”, in Clare Lear, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2018

Origin

  1. Mandarin礁溪
  2. EnglishJiaosi

The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礁溪 (Jiāoxī) Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi.

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Jiaosi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaosi

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