Chaojhou

English

潮州車站 Chaojhou Station

Etymology

From Mandarin 潮州 (Cháozhōu) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Cháojhou.

Proper noun

Chaojhou

1. Alternative form of Chaozhou
   • 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[3], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 510:

     Born in 1866 in Pingdong County in the south of the island, Lin became an outlaw after a brief stint as a Qing dynasty official, but after the Japanese invasion in 1895 he used his bandit experience to organize guerrilla resistance. This culminated in successful attacks on Donggang in 1897, and Chaojhou in 1898 with an army of two thousand that included Paiwan and Hakka troops as well as Taiwanese.

   • 2008, Alison Behnke, “For More Information”, in Taiwan in Pictures (Visual Geography Series)‎^[4], Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 71:

     LEE ANG (b. 195 Lee Ang (known in the West as Ang Lee) was born in Chaojhou in southern Taiwan.

   • 2017 November 7, Lin Chia-nan, “Kerry logistics accused of work-related injury cover-up”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2017, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[6]:

     The company on Nov. 3 last year asked an employee surnamed Tai (戴) to deliver 10 barrels of silane — a flammable alkaline substance — from Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (潮州) to Sinyuan Township (新園) without telling him what the cargo would be, Tseng said at a news conference on behalf of Tai, adding that the company did not even have a license to deliver the dangerous substance.

   • 2021 April 25, George Liao, “Tree-lined country road in southern Taiwan becomes popular destination”, in Taiwan News‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 April 2021, Travel & Cuisine‎^[8]:

     Chaojhou Township Office Chief Secretary Wang Chien-yuan (王建元) said the scenic Silin Green Tunnel used to be part of a network of sugar railroads on the Pingtung Plain during the era of Japanese rule.

   • 2021 October 28, Shelley Shan, “Wang defends his high-speed rail network idea”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2021, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[10]:

     Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Tuesday said that the government is assessing the possibility of extending the high-speed rail line from Kaohsiung’s Tsoying District (左營) to Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (潮州).

   • 2022 June 19, Jake Chung, “Name of new TRA depot must reflect location: Su”, in Taipei Times‎^[11], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 June 2022, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[12]:

     At the new Kaohsiung Railway Workshop Depot, which was relocated to Pingtung’s Chaojhou Township (潮州), only 18 workers are needed to service a train within just 40 minutes, Su said.