Meanings
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Taichung.
Taizhong, in the west at midisland, has an area of 163 square kilometres and a population of 600,000.
China Provincial Geography
1992, Zhou Shunwu (周舜武), “Taiwan Province”, in 中国分省地理 [China Provincial Geography], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 4992 more examples
By the time I reached my sixtieth birthday, in 1970, I decided to retire. My son was grown and capable, with a good job in a chemical company; my son-in-law had his own construction firm in Taizhong.
1987, Hill Gates, “Folk Religions, Old and New”, in Chinese Working-Class Lives: Getting by in Taiwan, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 203In 1999 the Buddhist organizations were the first on the scene after the devastating earthquake in Taizhong (Tai-chung), providing direct aid and spiritual comfort; their energy and competence showed up the army, police, and local government.
2007, Diana Lary, “More than survival - the Republic on Taiwan: 1949 to the present”, in China's Republic, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 199
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 臺中／台中 (Táizhōng).
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