Qishan
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 岐山 (Qíshān).
Proper noun
Qishan
- A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- [1977, “Children's Life”, in China Pictorial, number 351, Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 1:
- The Little Red Guard road maintenance team of the Yunglo Primary School in Chishan County, Shensi Province, was formed in 1972 to commemorate the ninth anniversary of Chairman Mao’s inscription: “Learn from Comrade Lei Feng." It has grown in number from 3 to the present 24.]
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Translations
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 旗山 (Qíshān).
Proper noun
Qishan
- Alternative form of Cishan (Taiwan)
- 2013 September 13, Shu, Catherine, “Taiwan Tries to Revive Its Banana Export Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 September 2013, Global Business:
- For two decades Mr. Lu, 76, cultivated his banana trees in the Qishan district, rising at 5 a.m. and working until sunset.
- 2014, Crook, Steven, “Kaohsiung and Pingtung”, in Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 246:
- For Qishan, Meinong and Foguangshan you’re best off catching a bus outside Kaohsiung Zuoying HSR Station/Zuoying KMRT Station. From there Freeway Bus #10 is the quickest and cheapest service to Qishan (departs every 20mins on w/days 🕘 06.30-23.00 Mon-Fri, less frequent at w/ends; takes 40mins; NTD50).
- 2017 June 9, “MAC Minister Chang Participates in "Mobile Service Train" Activity and Emphasizes that the Government will Continue to Protect the Rights and Interest of Mainland Spouses Living in Taiwan”, in Mainland Affairs Council, archived from the original on 29 August 2022:
- The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) stated that Minister Hsiao–yueh Chang today (June 9, 2017) participated in a “Mobile Service Train activity” held by the National Immigration Agency in Qishan District, Kaohsiung City.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Qishan.
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Translations
Cishan — see Cishan
References
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