Siyu

S1I1Y4U1

A form of Xiyu — A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Xiyu (Township)

    Yuwengdao Lighthouse in offshore Penghu County's Siyu Township. Built in 1875, the lighthouse has been listed as one of Penghu's heritage sites.

    2020 January 16, “Historic lighthouse”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2022, Photos of the Day
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    The callus-like was induced mainly from the cortical tissues at the cut surface and the callus cells were dark red pigmented. The callus-like induction rate was influenced intertidal zones of Si-Wei and Wu-Kan of Magong City, He-Jie, Chih-Ma and Nei-An of Siyu Hsiang in the Penghu county from March to September, 2005.

    2006, 臺灣水産學會刊, volume 33, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 120, columns 1, 2

    The results for SWHs using tap-water in Penghu County are shown in Table 3. Based on the analyses, the values of LSI, RSI and PSI showed a slight scaling tendency when SWHs using tap-water have, except for Siyu Township with a slight corrosion tendency due to a lower pH value.

    2015, Kai-Chun Fan Fan, Keh-Chin Chang, Kung-Ming Chung, “Water Quality on Solar Water Heaters in Remote Islands”, in ISES Solar World Congress 2015, International Solar Energy Society, →DOI, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022, page 5/10

    A stray dog that was recently spotted at the Fifth Public Cemetery in Penghu County’s Siyu Township wearing a large plastic bottle on its head has been dubbed “bottle knight” due to its unusual appearance.

    Stray dog traps head inside plastic bottle, rescue attempts fall flat

    2021 August 22, “「水桶俠」浪浪不改防疫本色?水桶不離頭引發關心 [Stray dog traps head inside plastic bottle, rescue attempts fall flat]”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2021, Bilingual Pages, page 9
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Xiyu (Island)

    The eastern coast of Siyu boasts a stretch of scenic paths with little traffic.

    2019 June 12, Han Cheung, “Penghu: the art of knowing what to avoid”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2019, Features, page 13
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    Taiwan’s first Mazu temple, dating back to the 14th century, can be found here, along with the ancient West Fort Sitai (Xitai) on Siyu (Xiyu) and a wealth of restored houses in the southern Fujian architectural style.

    2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192, column 1

    Control Yuan members yesterday urged the Council of Cultural Affairs to designate four ammunition storage depots located near an army base camp in Penghu County’s Siyu (西嶼) as heritage sites, saying that the well-preserved remains could become a popular tourist attraction.

    2010 August 21, Hsiu-chuan Shih, “Officials want depots made heritage sites”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2010, Taiwan News, page 2

    The 10-million-year-old rock formation on Penghu’s Siyu Islet (西嶼) draws visitors who climb its stair-like walls, as well as those who enjoy photographing its rock pillars, which are variously upright, horizontal and bent into arches with colors from gray and black to yellow and brown.

    2017 January 24, Yu-ching Liu, William Hetherington, “Penghu cliffs defaced by engraved message of love”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2017, Taiwan News, page 3

    The race, which takes place in November, begins on the island of Siyu (西嶼) and passes over the Penghu Trans-Oceanic Bridge to Baisha (白沙) before heading on to Jhongtun (中屯) and finally the main island of Penghu.

    2018 March 9, David Spencer, “Top 10 alternative things to see and do on Penghu”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2018, Travel & Cuisine

    The easiest way to get there is to take a car or scooter from Magong to the very southernmost part of Siyu (Xiyu, or Fisher) Island.

    Siyu East and West Forts

    2018 August 8, “西嶼東臺和西嶼西臺 [Siyu East and West Forts]”, in Foreigners in Taiwan (Travel Blog), archived from the original on 11 Aug 2020

Origin

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西嶼/西屿 (Xīyǔ) Tongyong Pinyin: Siyǔ.

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