Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zuoying.
(Left) Bagging dried peanuts at Tso-ying, near Kao-hsiung; (above) harvesting sugar cane near Hualien;[…]
1968, “Formosa”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 628B3 more examples
On the founding tablet of another shrine, the Hsing-lung Ssu situated at Tso-ying 左營 between Tainan and Kaohsiang^([sic – meaning Kaohsiung]), we find the following inscription:[…]
1961 October, Huo-lieh Kuo, “Buddhism in Taiwan Today: Attitudes Towards Changing Society”, in The South East Asia Journal of Theology, volume 3, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13The coast from An-p'ing to Tso-ying, 19 miles SSE, consists of a straight sandy beach, along which some small, shallow rivers discharge.
2004, Coasts of Korea and China, 10th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130, column 2Relative efficiency could be achieved by reducing the gross fixed assets by 2 per cent in the Tso-ying District, by 3 per cent in the San-min District, and by 1 per cent in the Chi-chin District.
2013, Hong-Cheng Liu, “A study on the performance of labour outsourcing in the public sector”, in South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, volume 16, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2020, page 13, column 2
Origin
- Mandarin左營
- EnglishTso-ying
From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tso³-ying².
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