Yenshui

Y4E1N1S1H4U1I1

A form of Yanshuei — A district of Tainan, Taiwan.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yanshuei.

    To commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of eliminating the plague, citizens of Yenshui, Taiwan, held a celebration with fireworks.

    2003, Leland Gregory, Hey, Idiot!, Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89
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    A total area of more than 650 hectares is scheduled for industrial use at Yenshui, Hsuehchia, Chiali, Anting, Liuying, Jenteh, and Shanshang.

    Free China Weekly

    1981 December 13, “Scenery, relics in Tainan”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXII, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2

    Yenshui is a fairly ordinary town situated between Tainan and Chiayi. However, during the Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first moon, the whole town goes insane.

    1998, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 292, column 2

    An annual two-day fireworks festival -- the Yenshui Beehive Fireworks Festival -- opened in the town of the same name in southern Taiwan's Tainan County Saturday morning and will culminate in a finale on Sunday night.

    2010 February 27, “Fireworks festival in Tainan County unveiled with deafening fanfare”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022, Culture

    The slag was reportedly dumped at the site by members of a nearby temple. It was sourced from a contractor at Walsin Lihwa Co’s (華新麗華) steel plant in Tainan’s Yenshui District (鹽水) and was to be used in the construction of a parking lot, said Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology professor Huang Huan-chang (黃煥彰), who exposed the incident.

    2015 December 21, Wei-han Chen, “Tonnes of toxic slag found dumped in Chiayi County”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2018, Front Page, page 1

    Police are investigating an apparent suicide pact following the discovery of four bodies in Tainan’s Yenshui District (鹽水) on Wednesday.

    2016 March 12, Jason Pan, “Police probe apparent suicide pact”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2016, Taiwan News, page 5

Origin

  1. Mandarin鹽水
  2. EnglishYenshui

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yen²-shui³).

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APA

Yenshui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenshui

MLA

“Yenshui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenshui. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yenshui,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenshui.

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