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Jiasian

Syllables: Jia·sian

Jiasian proper noun: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

jiasian: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Proper noun

Jiasian

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • Take Expressway 84 from Tainan to Yujing; get on Provincial Hwy. 20 and continue to the Southern Cross-Island Highway after passing Jiasian.2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193
    • Paulon Bridge, acrossing Chishan River, is located in southwest side of Jiasian district, Kaohsiung city, south Taiwan.2013, Wei Jun Yang, Jian Guo Liang, editors, Progress in Industrial and Civil Engineering II, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC

Examples of Jiasian in a sentence

  • As pointed out in a 2013 documentary about Jiasian in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, "Bridge over Troubled Water," if people join events and activities in Jiasian, the district will once again flourish.2019, Chen Ting-fang, “Camphor Trees Recall Jiasian's Captivating History”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 4:
  • The studied area is in Jiasian, Southern Taiwan, and the site is a dip slope consisting of Miocene sedimentary rocks.2020, Che Ming Yang, Keng Hao Kang, Shun Hsing Yang, Kuo Wei Li, Hui Jung Wang, Yin Tsan Lee, Kuei Kun Lin, Yii Wen Pan, Jyh Jong Liao...
  • Meanwhile, a road in Kaohsiung's Jiasian District was blocked by fallen rocks but was later cleared, according to the Highway Bureau.2025 January 21, Huang Kuo-fang, Yang Ssu-jui, Tyson Lu, Wang Shu-fen, Christie Chen, Wu Kuan-hsien, “26 injured, 50 isolated in wake of...

Forms of Jiasian

alternative formChiahsien
alternative formChia-hsien
alternative Hanyu-PinyinJiaxian

Origin of Jiasian

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甲仙 (Jiǎsian).

Questions about Jiasian

What does Jiasian mean?
Jiasian means a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
How do you use Jiasian in a sentence?
As pointed out in a 2013 documentary about Jiasian in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, "Bridge over Troubled Water," if people join events and activities in Jiasian, the district will once again flourish.
What part of speech is Jiasian?
Jiasian is a proper noun.

Words near Jiasian in the dictionary

  1. jiaozis
  2. Jiaozuo
  3. jiari
  4. Jias
  5. Jiashi
  6. Jiasian
  7. Jiaxian
  8. Jiaxing
  9. Jiayi
  10. Jiayin
  11. Jiayu

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