Daxi
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 大溪 (Dàxī).
Proper noun
Daxi
- A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
- 2011, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan, 3rd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122:
- At Cihu, near the town of Daxi, 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is "temporary," as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.
- 2012 August 30, Sarah Mishkin, “Chinese tourists boost Taiwan’s economy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 August 2012, Asia:
- Now, busloads of Chinese tourists come every week to visit Chiang’s tomb, nestled between two red and blue Taiwanese flags in the small town of Daxi, an hour’s drive south of Taipei.
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References
- ^ Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015) “Transliteration Tables”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 435: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Tahsi (Tak'ok'an, Tōakhokhām) / Daxi / 大溪（大嵙崁）”