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Cianjhen

Cianjhen proper noun: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

cianjhen: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Proper noun

Cianjhen

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • In addition to rebuilding Gushan Fishing Port, a modern, distant-water fishing port built in 1967 in Cianjhen District attracted a large number of distant - water vessels originally based in Gushan.2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador...
    • The blasts rocked the city's Cianjhen district, scattering cars and blowing deep trenches in roads.2014 August 1, “Taiwan gas blasts in Kaohsiung kill at least 25”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023

Examples of Cianjhen in a sentence

  • On July 31, 2014, prior to the explosions, the odor of gas was noted, and white smoke was seen emitting from manholes near Kaisyuan 3rd Road and Ersheng 1st Road in Cianjhen District.2016, Chun-hung Chen, Yeong-Nain Sheen, Her-Yung Wang, “Case analysis of catastrophic underground pipeline gas explosion in Taiwan”, in...
  • This general SHS in the Cianjhen District was established in 1969.2020, Ying-ying Cheng, Seiji Shibata, Ching-chung Guey, Paul W. Mathews, Katsumi Kiyonaga, “EFL in Senior High Schools: The Case of...
  • Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel is located at Container Terminal No. 3 in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung City.2021 January, Lin Chien-Hung et al., “高雄港過港隧道延壽工程 再創海底隧道新生命 [Prolongation of Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel Service Life for Recreate a New...

Forms of Cianjhen

alternative formChienchen
alternative formCh'ien-chen
alternative Hanyu-PinyinQianzhen

Origin of Cianjhen

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 前鎮 (Ciánjhèn).

Questions about Cianjhen

What does Cianjhen mean?
Cianjhen means a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
How do you use Cianjhen in a sentence?
On July 31, 2014, prior to the explosions, the odor of gas was noted, and white smoke was seen emitting from manholes near Kaisyuan 3rd Road and Ersheng 1st Road in Cianjhen District.
What part of speech is Cianjhen?
Cianjhen is a proper noun.

Words near Cianjhen in the dictionary

  1. cianciulliite
  2. cianergoline
  3. Ciani
  4. cianidanol
  5. Cianis
  6. Cianjhen
  7. Cianjin
  8. Ciano
  9. cianopramine
  10. Cianos
  11. ciao

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