dashi

plural dashis

1. countableuncountableA type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.

   Dashi is the basic soup stock for many Japanese dishes including noodle soups.

   2007, Lee Geok Boi, Classic Asian Noodles, page 38

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   Kombu (KOHM-boo): This Japanese seaweed is used to make dashi, an Asian soup stock, and to flavor rice and stews.

   2000 September, Vegetarian Times, page 28

   A great dashi (stock) is essential, as it is the crucial element in soups, dipping sauces, nimono (simmered dishes) and nabemono (hotpot dishes), and for cooking fish and vegetables.

   2002, John Frederick Ashburne, Yoshi Abe, World Food: Japan, Lonely Planet, page 41

1. A subdistrict of Panyu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, formerly a town.

   We brought the children to Dashi Town, Panyu.

   2003 March, Shi Baoxiu, “Ups and Downs of Historic Chieftains' Offices”, in China Tourism, number 272, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 59

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   A great number of factories have been set up in Panyu to produce manufactured parts for final assembly in Guangzhou. This is especially evident in Dashi town located right on the border between Guangzhou and Panyu. Dashi used to be separated from Guangzhou by the Ruoxi River.

   2000, George Chu-sheng Lin, “Time Space Compression in the Zhujiang Delta: A Case Study of Panyu”, in Si-ming Li, Wing-shing Tang, editors, China's Regions, Polity, and Economy: A Study of Spatial Transformation in the Post-Reform Era, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 264

   Two other towns - Dongchong and Dashi - were listed as backup options.[…] In 2009, Panyu officials announced a plan to build the incinerator in Dashi, which borders Haizhu district, but in November of that year the proposal faced intense opposition from nearby residents.

   2012 July 12, Mimi Lau, “Panyu presses on with incinerator plans”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2017

1. alternativeAlternative form of Daxi (a district in Taoyuan, Taiwan).

   本文旨在探討桃園市大溪地區深度旅遊者旅遊動機與體驗價值之研究，以往相關旅遊研究大多聚焦在旅遊地點等，[…]

   深度旅遊參與者旅遊動機與體驗價值之研究 -以大溪地區為例

   2021, Lu Hua Chang [張如華], “Study on the Tourism Motivation and Experiential Value of In-depth Tourists -Taking Dashi Region as an Example [深度旅遊參與者旅遊動機與體驗價值之研究 -以大溪地區為例]”, in 健行科技大學/民生與設計學院/國際企業經營系碩士班/碩士(2021年) (Thesis), archived from the original on 23 Sep 2026

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   Arima, which is based in Dashi, Taoyuan, will gain four Aixtron and Emcore MOCVD machines from the acquisition, with a total monthly capacity equivalent to 250 million LED dice.

   2004, Compound Semiconductor, volume 10, →OCLC, page 18, columns 1–2

   Labor rights campaigner Yao Kuang-chu (姚光祖) said the mass redundancies were the result of the company outsourcing its production lines in Taoyuan’s Dashi District (大溪) to China.

   2015 May 7, Lii Wen, “Workers say Inventec layoffs illegal”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 May 2015, Taiwan News, page 4

   Fish were caught from Chinlung Lake, Hsichih, New Taipei City (P. h. himantegus) and Dashi, Taoyuan County (P. h. chii). These two sites belong to the Tamsui River basin.

   2015 May 20, Chia-Hao Chang, Yi Ta Shao, Wen-Chung Fu, et al., “Differentiation of visual spectra and nuptial colorations of two Paratanakia himantegus subspecies (Cyprinoidea: Acheilognathidae) in response to the distinct photic conditions of their habitats”, in Zoological Studies, volume 54, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2026