Meanings
proper noun
- A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
In 1978 he had become a partner in a small factory in the Taibei industrial suburb of Sanchong, though he continued to live at home, which by that time was a separate house across the street from the family compound.
犁舌尾
1982, Stevan Harrell, Ploughshare Village: Culture and Context in Taiwan [犁舌尾], Seattle; London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 166, 217
Origin
- Mandarin三重
- EnglishSanchong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三重 (Sānchóng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 三重
- 三重 (saam¹ cung⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 三重
- 三重 (Sānchóng)district
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APA
Sanchong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchong
MLA
“Sanchong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchong. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sanchong,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchong.
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