Tsochen

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A form of Zuojhen — A district of Tainan, Taiwan, formerly a rural township.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zuojhen.

    Human fossils were found in caves near Changpin in southeast Taiwan and at Tsochen near Tainan on the southwest coast of the island in the 1960s.

    2000, Hung Chien-chao, “Introduction”, in A history of Taiwan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5
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    I was in the field and had a lead to run down, and so for the next few days I stationed myself at the Redhill Hotel in Tainan and searched. I found more orangutans, clouded leopards, scarlet macaws and abundant domestic species being secretly traded and butchered, recording it all on hidden cameras. But no tiger slaughter. I found another farm just outside the town of Hsinhua and that led me to the village of Tsochen and then on a wild-goose chase across the county to a place called Chiali. Some new American friends from Tainan who invariably came along with me to translate began to think I was completely nuts.

    1995, Michael Day, “Hong Kong, December 1991”, in Fight for the Tiger: One Man's Fight to Save the Wild Tiger from Extinction, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 262–263

    In the 1960s human remains, pottery, and stone tools were found in caves in southern Taiwan at Changpin in the far southeast and at Tsochen near Tainan on the southern west coast.

    2005, Jonathan Manthorpe, “Leaf on the Waves”, in Forbidden Nation, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30

    A mudslide buried alive a 65-year-old woman at a mountainous village in Tsochen in the southern county of Tainan earlier yesterday, while a man in the southern county of Pingtung was electrocuted, police said.

    2005 June 14, “Floods kill three, destroy crops”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2005, Front Page, page 1

    Visitors to NTM also can see the fossilized remains, including large fossilized skeletons, of various species of animals and plants, as well as mineral samples. Among other significant relics are fragments of human skulls unearthed in the early 1970s in Tainan County's Tsochen (Zuojhen) Township.

    2008 September 1, “Museum from Another Era”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022

    In the town of Yujing our route connects with Provincial Highway 20, which you can continue on to reach Tainan city. However, when you pass through Tsochen (左鎭; Zuǒzhèn), it’s worth heading out to Mt Tsao Moon World (草山月世界; Cǎoshān Yuè Shìjiè), a grimly picturesque landscape of barren eroded cliffs and pointy crags.

    2011 March, Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 8th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 247

Origin

  1. Mandarin左鎮
  2. EnglishTsochen

From Mandarin 左鎮 (Zuǒzhèn), Wade–Giles romanization: Tso³-chên⁴.

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