Kinhu

K5I1N1H4U1

A form of Jinhu — A county of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jinhu (Taiwan)

    All of these 7 patients were males aged from 20 to 28 years, and were enrolled in the military for a 2- to 3-year service in Kinhu township, Kinmen.

    2005, Ling Chow et al., “A retrospective study of hantavirus infection in Kinmen, Taiwan”, in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, volume 38, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2
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    The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.

    1966, 中華醫學雜誌, volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 158

    Based on these data, a five-year filariasis control project was organized in 1972 to cover the Kinmen Islands, and a detailed report was published by FAN et al. (1974a). In the present survey, a total of 20,018 persons in 55 villages of four townships were examined, and microfilariae were found in 1,764 (8.8%); clinical manifestations were found in 282 (19.2%) of 1,470 persons examined. The microfilarial rates according to the townships were 10.9% (1,038 positives out of 9,522 persons examined) in Kinnin, 7.5% (104 of 1 ,385) in Kincheng, 6.1 % (482 of 7,843) in Kinhu, and 11.0 % (140 of 1,268) in Liehyu.

    1976, Manabu Sasa, “Filariasis in the Asian Region”, in Human Filariasis: A Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control, University of Tokyo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 459

    In 1392, Ming Dynasty built five military spots for coast safety. The five military spots were located in Tianpu village in Kinsha town, Fengshang village and Chengkun village in Kinhu town, and Liehyu Hsiang.

    National Sun Yat-sen University

    2003 June, Yang Tien-Hou (楊天厚), “金門城隍信仰研究 [The Research on the Faith in Cheng Hwang Yeh in Kinmen]”, in 國立中山大學中國文學研究所碩士論文 [National Sun Yat-sen University], →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, Abstract, page 7

    The group’s representative, Syril Hung (洪篤欽), said the Taihu Reservoir is an important water source for Kinhu Township (金湖) and has been determined to be a drinking water source quality protection area under the Drinking Water Management Act (飲用水管理條例).

    2013 June 26, Lee I-chia, “No hotel near reservoir, activists urge”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, Taiwan News, page 4

    Taipei-based Ever Rich’ is expecting its large new Kinmen Island operation to grow substantially this year as it completes the final touches to its Kinmen duty free shopping mall and hotel complex in Kinhu town on Big Kinmen.

    2014 May 15, David Hayes, “Ever Rich looks for major growth”, in TRBusiness, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin金湖
  2. EnglishKinhu

From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金湖 (Jīnhú), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.

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