Nanzih

Nan·zih
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proper noun

A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Nantzu · alternative Nan-tzu · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Nanzi

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

    This project is located in the Nanzih district in Kaohsiung, the special municipality in southwestern Taiwan. Similar to other areas in Taiwan, Kaohsiung had a very low wastewater treatment rate.

    2010, Sha Zheng and Robert L. K. Tiong, M.ASCE, “First Public-Private-Partnership Application in Taiwan’s Wastewater Treatment Sector: Case Study of the Nanzih BOT Wastewater Treatment Project”, in Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024, page 916
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    Level 3: For areas with low thermal stress and high dynamic potential, such as Zuoying, Nanzih, Cijin, and Gushan Districts, the current situations should be preserved and the provision of surfaces of low albedo is encouraged. In particular, potential air pollution problem in Nanzih requires specific attention.

    2011, Architecture & Sustainable Development, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 217

    Some barriers may also be psychological and not physical in nature....In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung a category killer may have a store in the northern part of town in the district called Nanzih and the management would name its outlet after the district: Nanzih Store....It is better to give the store a neutral name like Lotus Flower Store, than to name it after the district, which may create a psychological barrier.

    2011, Laurent Sausset, Shopping Behavior in Asia, Paramount Market Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72

    The beginnings of the municipality’s petrochemical industry can be traced to 1936, when the former Japanese Imperial Navy established a fuel plant in what is now Nanzih District’s (楠梓) Houjin Township (後勁) to refine crude oil and fuel its fleet.

    2014, Ko You-hao, Yang Ching-ching, Jake Chung, “KAOHSIUNG DISASTER: Blasts mar Kaohsiung’s status as petrochemical hub”, in Taipei Times

    The other three winning special prize receipts were a NT$35 purchase of a male urine pot at a MedFirst store inside the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, a NT$1,626 food and grocery purchase at a Carrefour store in Kaohsiung's Nanzih District, and a NT$25 purchase of tuna onigiri at a 7-Eleven of THSR Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung.

    2018 May 20, Sophia Yang, “Seven NT$10 million special prize receipts yet to be claimed for Taiwan receipt lottery”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 22 May 2018

    In World War II, when the US Army Air Forces bombed the area heavily, numerous blockhouses and air-raid shelters were built around Shoushan (Mt. Shou), Cihou Mountain (on Cijin Island), Mt. Guei (in Zuoying District), Mt. Banping (between Zuoying and Nanzih districts), Taidi Mountain in what is now Taidishan Natural Park (in Mituo District), and both Mt. Dagang and Mt. Siaogang in Gangshan District.

    2019, Chen Ting-fang, Gao Jia-ling, “Kaohsiung Introduces Military Tourism”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 9

Origin

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 楠梓 (Nánzǐh).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 楠梓
  • 楠梓 (naam⁴ zi²)district in south Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 楠梓
  • 楠梓 (Nánzǐ)district in south Taiwan
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APA

Nanzih. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanzih

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