Kueijen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 歸仁 (Guīrén) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuei¹-jên².

Proper noun

Kueijen

1. Alternative form of Gueiren
   • 1981, Annual Review of Government Administration, Republic of China‎^[1], →OCLC, page 52, column 1:

     B. Relocation and Construction of the Tainan Prison and the Tainan Detention House:
     The new prison and detention house is located at Taichutso, Kueijen Hsiang, Tainan Hsien, and has a total space of more than 30 hectares.

   • 1995 February 23 [1995 February 23], Sofia Wu, “Police Bust 'Criminal Ring' Smuggling Arms”, in Daily Report: China‎^[2], numbers 95-036, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1‎^[3]:

     The police followed the four suspects for several months after receiving a top that some gangsters active in Kueijen, Tainan County in southern Taiwan were planning to smuggle arms and drugs from the Philippines by hiding the products in cargo containers. […]
     The task force kept close watch on the container and decided to intercept the suspects when they were transporting the container to Kueijen last evening.

   • 1997, National Science Council Review‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 144:

     Northern and southern satellite telemetry, tracking, and command stations respectively located at National Central University in Chungli and National Cheng Kung University in Kueijen Township were both completed by June 1997.

   • 2001 May 30, Yu-Tzu Chiu, “Tainan protests industrial waste”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 February 2019, Local News, page 4‎^[6]:

     Tainan County Commissioner Mark Chen (陳唐山) said yesterday that he supports Tainan County residents who lodged a protest with the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Monday against a plan to establish a final depository for industrial waste in Kueijen township (歸仁鄉). […]
     Several prominent local politicians also expressed their support for Chen, including DPP lawmaker Lee Chun-yee (李俊毅), speaker of Tainan County Council Wu Chien-pao (吳健保) and Kueijen township chief Lin Feng-chun (林逢春).

   • 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “North Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[7], Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 314:

     The High-Speed Rail station is located near Kueijen, 10km southeast of the centre, and connected to the city by bus.

   • 2007 August 18, Hsiu-chuan Shih, Rich Chang, “Lawmakers blast police treatment of protester”, in Taipei Times‎^[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 October 2007, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[9]:

     "The director of Tainan County Kueijen (歸仁) police station, Chen Yao-nan (陳耀南), who was in charge during the incident, was disciplined today after his police officers abused their power in forcing the protester to leave the site," Huang said.

   • 2008 February 15, “CNA daybook for Feb.16, 2008”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[10], archived from the original on 08 October 2022, Politics‎^[11]:

     1. Event: Ground-breaking ceremony for Tainan campus of National Chiao Tung University. Date and Time: 11:10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. Place: Intersection of Kueijen Third Roard^{[sic – meaning Road]} and Kaofa Third Raod^{[sic – meaning Road]} in Kueijen township, Tainan County near the Tainan station of High-Speed Railway.

   • 2020 June 21, “Aircraft Photo of 0233 / 31612 North American F-100A Super Sabre Taiwan - Air Force”, in AirHistory.net‎^[12], archived from the original on 02 October 2022‎^[13]:

     This F-100A carries a fake serial. In reality this is 0113. It sits at the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Center in the city of Kueijen (or Gueiren).

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