Chiayi

English

Alternative forms

• (from Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Ka-gi
• (postal romanization) Chiai
• (from Tongyong Pinyin; from Hanyu Pinyin) Jiayi

Etymology

From Wade-Giles romanization of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì).

Proper noun

Chiayi

1. Chiayi City, a city in south-western Taiwan.
   • 2007 Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown - Taiwan, page 232

     The narrow-gauge train to the Alishan Forest Recreation Area leaves from Chiayi train station, as do buses and taxis.

2. Chiayi County, a county in Taiwan

Translations

a city in Taiwan

• Arabic: جْيَائِي m (jyāʔī), جْيَايِي m (jyāyī), تْشْيَايِي m (tšyāyī), تْشْيَائِي m (tšyāʔī)
• Chinese:

  Hakka: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 嘉義／嘉义 (zh) (Jiāyì), 嘉义 (zh) (Jiāyì)

  Min Nan: 嘉義／嘉义 (zh-min-nan) (Ka-gī)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 嘉義 (かぎ, Kagi)
• Korean: 자이 (Jai)
• Papora: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Цзяи́ m (Czjaí)
• Vietnamese: Gia Nghĩa