Lujhu

English

Alternative forms

• Lu-chu, Luchu (Wade–Giles)
• Luzhu (Hanyu Pinyin)

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͞oʹjo͞oʹ

Etymology 1

Lujhu District Office, Kaohsiung City

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 路竹 (Lùjhú).

Proper noun

Lujhu

1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
   • 2010 January 27, “BlackRock clean fund targets Asian solar stocks”, in Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 03 September 2023, Behind the Scenes‎^[6]:

     A worker checks a panel at a high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar energy power plant in Lujhu Township of Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, January 22, 2010.

   • 2016 September 1, Abraham Gerber, “Kaohsiung mayor ignoring public: protesters”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 September 2016, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[8]:

     Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.

   • 2018 October 3, Lisa Wang, “Winbond to start fab construction”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 October 2018, Business, page 12‎^[10]:

     “The investment is the largest scale in the history of the park in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District (路竹), surpassing all capital that has been invested over the past 15 years,” the Kaohsiung Economic Development Bureau said in a statement on Monday.

   • 2018, Eryk Smith, “OPINION: Extend the HSR to Pingtung? Let’s Talk After the Election”, in The News Lens‎^[11]:

     Rural north Kaohsiung could use better medical care facilities. Elderly care is a huge need that could benefit from a few billion. Hiring more inspectors to patrol Lujhu’s industrial areas might keep unscrupulous actors from dumping toxic chemicals into streams or other polluting acts.

   • 2018, Shih Hsiu-chuan, “Major Kaohsiung mayoral candidates face off in televised debate”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[12]:

     If elected, Chen Chi-mai said, he would establish a one-stop windows for investors to facilitate clusters for semiconductors and smart industries, promote agricultural products in overseas markets, and expand the MRT network to Lujhu and Linyuan districts to close the gap between urban and rural areas in the city.

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

Translations

district in southern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 路竹 (Lō͘-tek)

  Mandarin: 路竹 (zh) (Lùzhú)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Lújhú.

Proper noun

Lujhu

1. Alternative form of Luzhu (Taoyuan, Taiwan)
   • 2022 March 6, Wu-hsiung Hsieh, Jake Chung, “Reservists take on tough new training program”, in Taipei Times‎^[13], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-05, Front Page, page 1‎^[14]:

     The first batch of about 500 reservists yesterday reported to Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan’s Lujhu District (蘆竹) to undergo a new, more intensive 14-day reservist training program.

   • 2022 March 7, “400 reservists report for Army's 'toughest' training program”, in Overseas Community Affairs Council‎^[15], archived from the original on 05 March 2023‎^[16]:

     After reporting to the Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan's Lujhu District, the reservists began a 14-day program simulating a scenario of defending a beach near New Taipei City's Linkou District (林口) should a war break out, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).

   • 2022 April 15, “55 Firefighters in Taichung to Be Tested [台中公務員也染疫 匡列55人PCR採檢]”, in Public Television Service‎^[17], archived from the original on 24 September 2023‎^[18]:

     In Taoyuan, a firefighter who lives in Lujhu has tested positive. His infection source is being investigated.

     桃園市消防局也有1位家住新竹的蘆竹分隊隊員確診，不過他這幾週都沒載過確診者，感染源還得釐清，

   • 2023 December 23, Chung Jung-feng, Frances Huang, “Hon Hai subsidiary recognized globally as 'lighthouse factory'”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[19], archived from the original on December 23, 2023, Science & Tech‎^[20]:

     The Ingrasys factory in Taoyuan's Lujhu District is the fifth plant affiliated with iPhone assembler Hon Hai to be included in the WEF's Global Lighthouse Network, a community of manufacturing sites and value chains that are leaders in the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies.