Syueshan

English

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雪山 (Xuěshān), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Syuěshan.

Proper noun

Syueshan

1. Alternative form of Xueshan
   • 2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 March 2023, page 3:

     Shei-Pa National Park lies in Mid-North Taiwan, through which the Syueshan Mountain Range runs.

   • 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan‎^[2], Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66‎^[3]:

     Fushan Village is almost due south of Wulai along a tributary of the Nanshih River. It is surrounded by mountains of a spur of the Syueshan Mountain Range.

   • 2007, Phil Macdonald, “Central West”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan‎^[4], 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 217, column 2:

     If you choose the northern route, in Wuling you can arrange mountaineering expeditions to Syueshan (Xueshan), or Snow Mountain, Taiwan’s second highest peak at 12,746 feet (3885 m).

   • 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Basics”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:

     Taiwan's second-tallest peak, the 3886-metre Syueshan (Snow Mountain), makes for a beautiful climb that often yields awe-inspiring vistas of the mountains of Shei-Pa National Park and nearby Taroko National Park. During winter, Syueshan and the surrounding mountains that make up the so-called Holy Ridge live up to its name, often remaining covered in snow for months.

   • 2007 June, “New Mole Species Found at Yushan”, in International Conservation Newsletter‎^[6], volume 15, number 2, Society for Wildlife and Nature, archived from the original on 16 August 2011, page 7, column 1:

     The species was first recorded by the Japanese naturalist Tadao Kano in 1940, according to a researcher at the Yushan National Park Headquarters. Kano discovered the mole in the Syueshan Mountain Range and published his findings that the mole he had discovered was distributed in habitat distinct from that of the Taiwanese lowland mole.

   • 2020 September 28, Yi-hsuan Lu, William Hetherington, “Sun Moon Lake swim fest held with virus measures”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 September 2020, Front Page, page 1‎^[8]:

     Cowan, who has been in Taiwan for two years and nine months, said he has been promoting “sports diplomacy,” and has explored Taiwan’s natural beauty through hiking and cycling.
     He has also participated in the Taipei 101 climb, and hiked up Yushan and Syueshan (雪山), he said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Syueshan.