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Tanshui

Tanshui proper noun: synonym of Tamsui.

Proper noun

Tanshui

  1. Synonym of Tamsui.
    • On Monday, the 14th, after a breakfast of salt greens, rice and congee, eaten in the presence of the Chinese officers, they were numbered and labeled like oxen, and under a strong escort led away southward about 20 miles to a walled town, probably Chánghwá hien, where they arrived about 4 P. M....[1843 March, “Narrative of the loss of the English brig Ann: and of the caputre of the whole, and the decapitation of forty-three of her crew, by the Chinese authorities in Formosa.”, in The Chinese...
    • In virtue of treaties four ports have been thrown open to commerce, Tanshui and Kelung on the north, and Takao and Taiwang-foo on the W. side.1883, “Formosa”, in New American Cyclopædia, volume VII, New York: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 322, column 1
    Synonyms:
    Tamsui

Examples of Tanshui in a sentence

  • The families are about equally distributed among three communities: a cluster of villages in Sanchih township, the small city of Tanshui, and the metropolitan center of Taipei.1988, Susan Greenhalgh, “Intergenerational Contracts: Familial Roots of Sexual Stratification in Taiwan”, in A Home Divided: Women and...
  • You can reach Chinshan very easily from Taipei by first taking the bus or train to either Keelung or Tanshui (Keelung is closer), then transferring to a local bus.1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 180...
  • A falling brick killed a 50-year-old policeman in the Taipei suburb of Tanshui, while in Miaoli, a 54-year-old women died after falling from her roof.2013 July 13, “Powerful typhoon downgraded in China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2022:
  • Its double landing design in both Tanshui and Fangshan cable station further reduces the risks of accidents in single landing.2021 August 16, “Chunghwa Telecom Intensifies International Business with APRICOT Submarine Cable”, in Chunghwa Telecom, archived from the...

Synonyms of Tanshui

Origin of Tanshui

From Mandarin 淡水 (Dànshuǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan⁴-shui³.

Questions about Tanshui

What does Tanshui mean?
Tanshui means synonym of Tamsui.
How do you use Tanshui in a sentence?
The families are about equally distributed among three communities: a cluster of villages in Sanchih township, the small city of Tanshui, and the metropolitan center of Taipei.
What part of speech is Tanshui?
Tanshui is a proper noun.

Words near Tanshui in the dictionary

  1. tanshinol
  2. tanshinols
  3. tanshinone
  4. tanshinones
  5. tanshinquinone
  6. Tanshui
  7. tansies
  8. Tanski
  9. Tanskis
  10. Tansley
  11. Tansleys

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