Chienchen

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 前鎮／前镇 (Qiánzhèn), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-chên⁴.

Chienchen

1. Alternative form of Cianjhen
   • 1956 August 8, “佛教新聞英文版”, in 菩提樹‎, Taichung: The Bodhedrum Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2022, page 47, column 1:

     Buddhist Choir established at Chienchen.
     Kaohsung......The Buddhist Mission of Chienchen established a Buddhist Choir to obey the advice of Ven. Hsingyuen.

   • 1962, General Report 1961 Industry & Commerce Census of Taiwan, the Republic of China‎, →OCLC, page 309:

     Kaohsiung City is situated at the southwestern part[...]The basic and heavy industries are mostly concentrated in Chienchen District,[...]

   • 1975 December 7, “Kaohsiung port plan for big expansion includes 7 projects”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XVI, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

     (1) Construction of a third container terminal: It will be located at a site adjacent to the Chienchen fishing port.

   • 1999 July, Ni-Bin Chang, C. C. Tseng, “Optimal Design of a Multi-Pollutant Air Quality Monitoring Network in a Metropolitan Region Using Kaohsiung, Taiwan as an Example”, in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment‎, volume 57, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Only the station located in Chienchen is classified as an industrial monitoring station. However, two industrial complexes outside the city boundary of Kaohsiung (ie, Linyen and Tashe)[...]

   • 2004, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia, “Internationalization of Capital and the Trade in Asian Women: The Case of "Foreign Brides" in Taiwan”, in Women and Globalization‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 205:

     In Kaohsiung County, the most concentrated regions include Chienchen and Hsiaokang, which are predominantly industrial, and Sanmin, whose residents are mostly immigrants from the agricultural regions.

   • 2009 August 9, “Taiwan Kaohsiung mayor orders typhoon recovery work”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 08 October 2022‎:

     Heavy rainfall brought by Morakot, coupled with the monthly rising tide along the coastlines of southern Taiwan, caused flooding in many districts in the city, with the areas adjacent to Sizihwan, Love River and Chienchen River heavily affected. The water level rose knee-high in some streets in the Chienchen district.

   • 2009 August 9, Meggie Lu, “Morakot devastates southern regions”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-08-11, Front Page, page 1:

     There was also flooding in many districts of Kaohsiung City, with the areas adjacent to Sizihwan (西子灣), Love River (愛河) and Chienchen River (前鎮河) heavily affected. The water level rose knee-high in some streets in the Chienchen District (前鎮).

   • 2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology‎, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:

     On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.

   • 2020 November 1, Cheng Ying-ying et al., “EFL in Senior High Schools: The Case of Taiwan”, in LACUS Forum‎, volume 41, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     4.7. OBSERVATION 7. This vocational school in the Chienchen District offers both vocational and general classes to meet the students’ diverse needs. There are 14 vocational and 4 general classes per grade. Students do 4 hours of English per week plus 1-2 hours after classes. The school is considered the best in the Kaohsiung area.

   • 2021 April 27, “2020 Annual Report”, in Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2022, page 246:

     (i) Investment property includes the investment in Kuo Kong Section, Houlong town, Miaoli County, and several construction sites and factories leased to others; leased objects mentioned above are the factory in Chienchen District of Kaohsiung, the factory in Bade City of Taoyuan, the building in Taichung, and the office in Taipei.

   • 2022 March 20, Meng-yu Tsai, Joseph Yeh, “New Kaohsiung MRT line approved; construction to start later this year”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 20 March 2022:

     With a total of 23 stations planned, the new line will travel through the city's Niaosong (鳥松), Sanmin (三民), Lingya (苓雅), Sinsing (新興), Fongshan (鳳山), and Chienchen (前鎮) districts and serve 1.16 million people, roughly 41.8 percent of the city's total population, the bureau said.

   • 2022 May, “2021 Annual Report of the Control Yuan”, in Control Yuan‎, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2022, page 41:

     The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Drainage System of Kaohsiung Exhibition Center (KEC)”, in HCP PUMP MANUFACTURER CO., LTD.‎, archived from the original on 2023-04-16‎:

     Kaohsiung Exhibition Center (KEC), located on Chienchen District, Kaohsiung City and near Singguang Ferry Wharf, is the first port-front world-class exhibition center in Taiwan.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chienchen.

• Chienchen, Chien-chen, Cianjhen, Qianzhen at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.