Cianjhen

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前鎮之星站
Cianjhen Star Station

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Etymology

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From the Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 前鎮 (Ciánjhèn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cianjhen

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • 2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977[3], St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42:
      In addition to rebuilding Gushan Fishing Port, a modern, distant-water fishing port built in 1967 in Cianjhen District attracted a large number of distant - water vessels originally based in Gushan.
    • 2014 August 1, “Taiwan gas blasts in Kaohsiung kill at least 25”, in BBC News[4], archived from the original on 06 April 2023[5]:
      The blasts rocked the city's Cianjhen district, scattering cars and blowing deep trenches in roads.
    • 2016, Chun-hung Chen, Yeong-Nain Sheen, Her-Yung Wang, “Case analysis of catastrophic underground pipeline gas explosion in Taiwan”, in Engineering Failure Analysis[6], volume 65, via Science Direct, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
      On July 31, 2014, prior to the explosions, the odor of gas was noted, and white smoke was seen emitting from manholes near Kaisyuan 3rd Road and Ersheng 1st Road in Cianjhen District.
    • 2020, Ying-ying Cheng, Seiji Shibata, Ching-chung Guey, Paul W. Mathews, Katsumi Kiyonaga, “EFL in Senior High Schools: The Case of Taiwan”, in Journal of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States[7], volume XLI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:
      This general SHS in the Cianjhen District was established in 1969. This old classroom was bright and airy and had fans and a projector. There were 36 students in this general class.
    • 2021 January, Lin Chien-Hung et al., “高雄港過港隧道延壽工程 再創海底隧道新生命 [Prolongation of Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel Service Life for Recreate a New Life to the Undersea Tunnel]”, in 中華技術 [CECI Engineering Technology]‎[8], volume 129, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 September 2022, page 117[9]:
      Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel is located at Container Terminal No. 3 in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung City. It cross through the main channel of Kaohsiung Port with a width of 440m and a water depth of 14m to the Chung-Hsin Commercial Harbor Area in the Chichin District on the opposite bank.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Cianjhen.

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References

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  1. ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01[2]:鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms [] 前鎮區 / Qianzhen / Qiánzhèn / Cianjhen / Chienchen

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