# Tsoying
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tso³-ying².

### Proper noun

Tsoying
* Alternative form of Zuoying
** 1949, “Index”, in Code of Federal Regulations‎, Government Printing Office, published 1949, →ISSN, →OCLC, Title 4—Title 5, pages 306–307:§325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part: (a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation: […] Pingtung, Taiwan China. […] Taichung, Taiwan, China. […] Tsoying, Taiwan, China.
** 1950 February 6, “Formosa Girds for a Lonely Last Stand”, in Life‎, volume 28, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 3:IN A SAIL LOFT two native women repair canvas rigging for Chinese navy, which maintains several bases on Formosa. These women at the base at Tsoying cover their faces and arms to keep skin soft in heat of the workshop.
** 1955 August 3, Tad Szulcspecial, “AMERICANS TRAIN FORMOSA MARINES; Instruction of Frogmen Also Part of U. S. Aid Program on Nationalist Island”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-14‎:TSOYING, Formosa, July 8 -- Chinese Nationalist leathernecks and frogmen are being taught here the art and the science of modern warfare.
** 1959 February, “China (Taiwan)”, in ICA Health Summary‎, Public Health Division, International Cooperation Administration, →OCLC, page 10:Plans were made at a conference in Tsoying with representatives present from ICA, Chinese Navy, MAAG and other organizations to submit to U.S. Army Engineers' District Office in Okinawa estimates for an extensive improvement of the water supply for the Tsoying Naval base and the City of Tsoying.
** 1965 February 17, “Chinese Government Orders S-C Equipment”, in General Dynamics News‎, volume 18, number 4, General Dynamics, →OCLC, page 3, column 5:Earlier, Stromberg-Carlson had received another contract that provided a 1600 line XY switchboard for the Nationalist Chinese Navy to be used at its headquarters at Tsoying, near Kaoshiung in Southern Formosa.
** 1969, Peter Hopkinson, “On an Island in the Pacific—Time Marches Off”, in Split Focus: An Involvement in Two Decades‎, Rupert Hart-Davis, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 170:Well within the range of its lenses however were special assault troops, storming up through the surf of a beach near Tsoying—simulating the return to the mainland to which Chiang was committed.
** 1976 March, “Distinguished N.C.B.A. Member”, in The School Musician Director and Teacher‎, volume 47, number 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56, column 3:In 1967, at the request of General Yu, Commandant of the Nationalist Chinese Marine Corps, Burroughs was asked to come to Tsoying, Taiwan and assist their Marine Band in arranging for new instruments and a band library.
** 1982 October 10, “Taiwan the Beautiful: A pictorial tour”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XXIII, number 40, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:The Spring and Autumn Pavilions by the lakeside at Tsoying in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s southern port city, are a favorite subject for photographers.
** 1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 241:In the suburb of Tsoying (zuǒyíng) are two magnificent temples within a 10-minute walk of each other. Both are on the shore of a lake. The Spring Autumn Temple (chūn qiū gé) has a unique design and includes two pagodas that extend into the lake. […] Close to Tsoying in the northern area of Kaohsiung is the Fine Arts Museum (☏ 5830651), Taiwan’s newest and largest. Displays here are changed regularly.
** 2000 February 25, John Pomfret, “Taiwan Displays Its Feeble Fleet”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-15, page A01‎:As China threatens to attack Taiwan if it does not begin reunification talks soon, a visit to Taiwan's main naval base at Tsoying, just north of the big port of Kaohsiung on the island's southwest coast, provides an important perspective on the standoff between Taipei and Beijing.
** 2007 October 12, Ian Bartholomew, “Southern Taiwan does Mardi Gras”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 12 October 2007‎:The festival is closely tied to southern Taiwan's history and takes its name, Wannian, from the old name of the Tsoying District, which under the administration of Koxinga (鄭成功) in the 1660s, was designated Wannian County.
** 2010, John A. Harper, “Taiwan”, in Mobilize!: Reassembling Forces with the World in Chaos‎ (Fiction), AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 154:Colonel Sun translates for Minister Yao and relays the minister’s reply. “Minister Yao advises that ROC Marine Corps headquarters is on the Naval Station at Tsoying, near Kaosiung, on the southwest coast. He suggests you do the Four Ninety-ninth wing this morning and the Marine headquarters this afternoon. It will take you about an hour to reach Tsoying by helicopter from Hsinchu. He just ordered General Peng to arrange meetings with the Navy and Marines at Tsoying, and transportation. From there we will go to Army headquarters at Hualien-T'aitung.”
** 2012 April 11, “'Defense News': Taiwan developing longer-range anti-ship missiles”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 24 September 2022:The report also mentions the Sea Dragon and Sea Tiger, two submarines acquired from the Netherlands and refitted at Tsoying in southern Taiwan. The two subs carry UGM-84L Harpoon anti-ship missiles purchased from the United States in 2008.
** 2016 July 1, “Taiwanese warship accidentally fires missile towards China”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 01 July 2016‎:The missile was fired during a drill at about 8.10am local time (0010 GMT) from a 500-tonne missile ship docked at a naval base in the southern city of Tsoying and flew in the direction of China. Helicopters and navy ships were sent to search for the missile, Mei said, adding that the military had reported the gaffe to the island’s top security body, the national security conference.
** 2016 July 1, “Taiwan's navy sinks fishing boat 'by mistake'”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 01 July 2016‎:The missile was fired during a drill from a 500-ton missile ship docked at a naval base in the southern city of Tsoying and flew in the direction of China
** 2017 March 21, “Taiwan announces plan to build own submarines”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 08 October 2022‎:During a visit to the navy’s main base in Tsoying, also spelled Zuoying, Tsai oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of submarines.
** 2018 July 12, Chien-hsun Lo, “Joint Auctions prior to Dragon Boat Festival were a big draw.”, in Administrative Enforcement Agency (法務部行政執行署)‎, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, page 1 of 2‎:Real estate items auctioned off this time included: 3 plots of land in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, which the Taipei branch auctioned off around NT$12,190,000; 2 plots of land in Toufen Township, Miaoli County, which the Hsinchu branch auctioned off NT$8,770,000; 1 plot of land and 2 buildings in Dali District, Taichung City, which the Taichung branch auctioned off around NT$9,830,000; 1 plot of land and 2 buildings in Nantzu District, Kaohsiung, and 7 buildings in the city’s Tsoying District, which the Kaohsiung branch auctioned off NT$4,110,000 and NT$59,350,000, respectively.
** 2020 January 15, “Kaohsiung Night Markets: A Complete Guide 高雄夜市”, in English In Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 12 August 2014‎:The Rui Feng Night Market is now arguably the most popular and busiest in Kaohsiung. It’s located in the north part of the city in the Tsoying district.
** 2021, Chun-Chang Lee et al., “The influence of the technical dimension, functional dimension, and tenant satisfaction on tenant loyalty: an analysis based on the theory of planned behavior”, in International Journal of Strategic Property Management‎, volume 25, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 474, column 1:The participants consisted of tenants residing in nine administrative districts (Cianjhen, Tsoying, Sanmin, Lingya, Cianjin, Sinsing, Yancheng, Fongshan, and Gushan) in Kaohsiung City.
** 2021 October 28, Shelley Shan, “Wang defends his high-speed rail network idea”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2021, Taiwan News, page 2‎:Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Tuesday said that the government is assessing the possibility of extending the high-speed rail line from Kaohsiung’s Tsoying District (左營) to Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (潮州).
** 2022 August 9, “ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)”, in Military Factory‎, archived from the original on 07 October 2022‎:The warship continues to serve the ROCN as of this writing (August 2022) and homeports out of Tsoying, Taiwan along the country's southwestern tip.
** 2023 January 18, Admin, “A Detailed Analysis of the Taiwan Navy”, in Military View‎, archived from the original on 2023-04-15‎:On January 1, 1990, the MD 500-ASW helicopter with tail number 6906, under the command of former ROCN Commander-in-Chief Admiral Chung-Lien Ku (then Vice Admiral), crashed into the sea off Tsoying. […] On the evening of October 19, 2005, the S-70, tail number 2316, which was doing joint training with the I (PFG-1107) ROCS Tzu frigate, crashed into the sea off Tsoying with its three crew.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tsoying.

### Further reading

* Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tsoying”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1954, column 3
* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Tsoying”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3227, column 3
* Tsoying, Tso-ying, Tso-Ying, Tso Ying at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.