Zuoying
Syllables: Zuo·ying
Zuoying proper noun: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Proper noun
Zuoying
- A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- In the suburb of Tsoying (zuǒyíng) are two magnificent temples within a 10-minute walk of each other. Both are on the shore of a lake. The Spring Autumn Temple (chūn qiū gé) has a unique design and includes two pagodas that extend into the lake.[1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 241
- In their senior year, Zhang Zewei had been sent back from the military outpost on Jinmen and reassigned to serve in Zuoying, a more comfortable posting in a small town in the south.2001, He An, “Andante”, in Patricia Sieber, transl., edited by Patricia Sieber, Red is Not the Only Color: Contemporary Chinese Fiction on Love and Sex between Women, Collected Stories, Rowman &...
- Synonyms:
- Saei
Examples of Zuoying in a sentence
- Because they live in Zuoying district, for example, they will feel that if the store is in another district, it is probably cumbersome to go all the way.2011, Laurent Sausset, “What Location Means in Asian Markets”, in Shopping Behavior in Asia, Paramount Market Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC...
- During a visit to the navy’s main base in Tsoying, also spelled Zuoying, Tsai oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of submarines.2017 March 21, “Taiwan announces plan to build own submarines”, in AP News, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022:
- Set in Zuoying District, in the northeast of Kaohsiung, the largest city of Taiwan Island lays adjacent to Zuoying Harbor to the west and north of Nanzi District.2018, “Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants' Settlement of Taiwan: A Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veteran's Villages”, in Dynamics of...
- In a verdict issued Thursday, the High Court said that at the time of the crime, Yang was living in Kaohsiung's Zuoying District and the sole caregiver of 1-year-old and 5-month-old daughters.2022 October 20, Yi-ning Tseng, Matthew Mazzetta, “Mother receives 7.5 year sentence for death of infant left home alone”, in Focus Taiwan...
Synonyms of Zuoying
Forms of Zuoying
| alternative form | Tsoying |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Tso-ying |
| alternative form | Tso Ying |
Origin of Zuoying
From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng, literally “left barracks”).
Questions about Zuoying
- What does Zuoying mean?
- Zuoying means a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- How do you use Zuoying in a sentence?
- Because they live in Zuoying district, for example, they will feel that if the store is in another district, it is probably cumbersome to go all the way.
- What part of speech is Zuoying?
- Zuoying is a proper noun.
Words near Zuoying in the dictionary
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