Jiayi

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English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嘉義 (Jiāyì).

Proper noun

Jiayi

  1. Alternative form of Chiayi
    • 1983, Clifton W. Pannell, Laurence J. C. Ma, China: The Geography of Development and Modernization, V. H. Winston & Sons, →ISBN, page 266:
      About two-thirds of the island is composed of rugged uplands, and numerous peaks crest above 3,000 m. The island’s tallest mountain is Yushan (Jade Mountain). It rises 4,000 m and is located inland from Jiayi (Chia-i), almost astride the Tropic of Cancer.
    • 2006, Baseball without Borders, New York: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 67:
      The southern town of Jiayi cemented its reputation as the baseball capital of Taiwan when several of its sons went on to star in baseball in Japan.
    • 2009, Guo Songfen, Running Mother and Other Stories, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
      Liao's father suddenly passed away the year after Retrocession. All alone, he left Jiayi for Taipei and lived on the family property, which was managed at that time by his second uncle.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jiayi.

Translations

References

  1. ^ 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 429:Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji [] Chiayi (Chiai, Chulo) / Jiayi / 嘉義