Yenshui

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English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yen²-shui³).

Proper noun

Yenshui

  1. Alternative form of Yanshuei
    • 1981 December 13, “Scenery, relics in Tainan”, in 自由中國週報‎, volume XXII, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
      A total area of more than 650 hectares is scheduled for industrial use at Yenshui, Hsuehchia, Chiali, Anting, Liuying, Jenteh, and Shanshang.
    • 1998, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎, 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 292, column 2:
      Yenshui is a fairly ordinary town situated between Tainan and Chiayi. However, during the Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first moon, the whole town goes insane.
    • 2003, Leland Gregory, Hey, Idiot!‎, Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
      To commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of eliminating the plague, citizens of Yenshui, Taiwan, held a celebration with fireworks.
    • 2010 February 27, “Fireworks festival in Tainan County unveiled with deafening fanfare”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 24 September 2022, Culture:
      An annual two-day fireworks festival -- the Yenshui Beehive Fireworks Festival -- opened in the town of the same name in southern Taiwan's Tainan County Saturday morning and will culminate in a finale on Sunday night.
    • 2015 December 21, Wei-han Chen, “Tonnes of toxic slag found dumped in Chiayi County”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 July 2018, Front Page, page 1‎:
      The slag was reportedly dumped at the site by members of a nearby temple. It was sourced from a contractor at Walsin Lihwa Co’s (華新麗華) steel plant in Tainan’s Yenshui District (鹽水) and was to be used in the construction of a parking lot, said Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology professor Huang Huan-chang (黃煥彰), who exposed the incident.
    • 2016 March 12, Jason Pan, “Police probe apparent suicide pact”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-03-12, Taiwan News, page 5‎:
      Police are investigating an apparent suicide pact following the discovery of four bodies in Tainan’s Yenshui District (鹽水) on Wednesday.
    • 2019 November 28 [2018], tango42, “Tainan Yenshui Beehive Fireworks Festival 18-19 Feb 2019 鹽水蜂炮節”, in Forumosa‎, archived from the original on 20 January 2021:
      It appears to be Thursday March 1 2018 sandwiched between 228 Holiday and Lantern festival Holiday making for what could be a long 5 day weekend for some people. (Yenshui seems to be used more than Yanshui for the event title even though event is in Yanshui)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yenshui.

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