Chia-yi

See also: Chiayi

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.

Proper noun

Chia-yi

1. Alternative form of Chiayi
   • 1949, “Index”, in Code of Federal Regulations‎^[1], Government Printing Office, published 1949, →ISSN, →OCLC, Title 4—Title 5, page 306:

     §325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part:
     (a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation: […]
     Chia-Yi, Taiwan, China. […]
     Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China.

   • 1965, George H. Kerr, Formosa Betrayed‎^[2], →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132:

     The fate of the Tropical Chemical Industry Company near Chia-yi was an example.[...]In a similar fashion the industrial alcohol plant near Chia-yi (the largest of its kind in the Orient) was allowed to fall into complete disrepair and go out of production.

   • 1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family‎^[3], Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65:

     While Chu-lo was recaptured in the spring (during its subsequent siege, Ch’ien-lung bestowed the name Chia-yi, Commendable Loyalty, on the city), most of Chang-hua district remained in rebel hands.[...]They lifted the siege of Chia-yi and then moved against Lin Shuang-wen.

   • 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎^[4], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143:

     In 1782, Chia-yi and Chang-hua prefectures experienced large-scale social disorders between people of Chang-chou and Ch’uan-chou backgrounds.

Translations

Chiayi — see Chiayi