Zihguan

English

Alternative forms

• Tzukuan (Wade–Giles)
• Ziguan (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梓官 (Zǐguān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Zǐhguan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dzûʹgwänʹ

Proper noun

Zihguan

1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
   • 2008, Meng-Hsun Huang et al., “Mesh regulations of bottom trawl for the protection of economic immature fishes off southwestern Taiwan [2008]”, in Food and Agriculture Organization‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 March 2023‎^[4]:

     The experimental design includes first the determination of the relationships of fish size and the price per weight (PPW) of the economic demersal fishes sold as the one-hundred Dollars-a-plate manner in Tunkang and Zihguan fish markets in the southwestern coast of Taiwan.

   • 2014 October 21, “AT-3 trainer crashes in Kaohsiung, pilots survive”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[5], archived from the original on 29 September 2022, Politics‎^[6]:

     An AT-3 trainer aircraft used by Taiwan's Air Force Academy crashed during a routine training mission in Zihguan District in Kaohsiung Tuesday morning.

   • 2016, Tzung-Yuh (葉琮裕) Yeh, “Intergrated Phytoremediation Mitigate Heavy Metal Pollution”, in 土壤及地下水污染整治 [Journal of Soil and Groundwater Remediation]‎^[7], volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The incident had a serious and significant impact on farmland in the Ciaotou and Zihguan districts.

   • 2016, Wu Chin-Cheng et al., “Application of Social Vulnerability Indicators to Climate Change for the Southwest Coastal Areas of Taiwan”, in Sustainability‎^[8], volume 8, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     At the criterion level, Zihguan in Kaohsiung ranks the highest (0.966) for economic structure (C7), and Anping District in Tainan ranks the lowest (0.229).

   • 2020 May 31, “Han ditches presentation to inspect vegetable farms”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 June 2020, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[10]:

     Asked yesterday morning during a visit to a farm in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District (梓官) why he chose not to participate in the TV presentation, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Han said: “I am going to continue inspecting [agricultural losses].”

   • 2022 March 24, P. Hsu, “全台155校因地震受損 金額達3500多萬 [155 Schools in Taiwan Damaged from Earthquake]”, in Public Television Service‎^[11], archived from the original on 05 March 2023‎^[12]:

     This European style building in Kaohsiung's Zihguan District has a history of 120 years. The building was suspected of being damaged by the earthquake on the 23rd and rain in the past few days. Not only did its lintel collapse, but the building's outer walls also became a pile of rubble.
     Liu Ying-kai, Chihhsi Borough Chief, Zihguan District, Kaohsiung: “We'll clear these bricks first. And then we'll talk to the owner to discuss what to do next.”

   • 2022 May, “Experience Coastal Zihguan”, in Love Kaohsiung 愛‧高雄‎^[13], number 19, 高雄畫刊 [Kaohsiung Pictorial], archived from the original on 07 December 2022‎^[14]:

     After visiting Kezailiao fishing port, head north on Provincial Highway 17, which divides the Zihguan District into Chikan, famous for its artistic products, and Zihping, known for its traditional architecture.

   • 2023 September 15, “《TAIPEI TIMES》 Benefits to be hiked 7％ amid inflation”, in Liberty Times‎^[15], archived from the original on 18 September 2023‎^[16]:

     A woman harvests water spinach in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District on July 26.

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

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梓官 (zh) (Zǐguān)