# Banciao
## English
### Etymology

Early 21st c., from the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 板橋 (Bǎnqiáo) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Bǎnciáo.

### Proper noun

Banciao
* Alternative form of Banqiao [from early 21st c.] (Taiwan)
** 2006, Y.H. Chen, K.L. Hsieh, “A Dual Least-Square Approach of Tuning Optimal Propagation Model for Existing 3G Radio Network”, in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution‎, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:These tuned 3G propagation models adapted for local clutter environment are extremely important in the network performance optimization process. The experiments were taking within the Banciao city. The tuned model called Banciao model has been verified in static Monte-Carlo simulation and proved to be more optimal for local environment area.
** 2007 January 4, Caroline Gluck, “The bullet train bites in Taiwan”, in BBC News‎, archived from the original on 6 January 2007:Currently, there are eight stations along the 345km (214 mile) line, although one 10 km section of the line from Taipei to Banciao will not be open in the initial stage.
** 2007 January, High-Speed Rail Begins Service January 5 (United States diplomatic cables leak)‎, page 3:Tickets from Banciao in suburban Taipei to Kaohsiung's Zuoying Station will cost NT$1,490 (about US$46).
** 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:Once the home of one of Taiwan's richest families, the Lin Family Mansion and Garden (Tues-Sun 9am-5pm, last tickets 4pm; NT$100), is tucked away in Banciao, at 9 Ximen Road, not far from Wenhua Road.
** 2008, Cycling in Taiwan‎, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:From Banciao Station take the Bali-Banqiao line of the San-Chung Bus past Sinjhuang and Wugu to Bali and get off at any stop along the route.
** 2011, Tzu-Yi Pai et al., “Using Seven Types of GM (1, 1) Model to Forecast Hourly Particulate Matter Concentration in Banciao City of Taiwan”, in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution‎, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:In this study, seven types of first-order and one-variable grey differential equation model (abbreviated as GM (1, 1) model) were used to predict hourly particulate matter (PM) including PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Banciao City of Taiwan.
** 2011 November 14, Annie Huang, “'Three Little Pigs' fundraising takes flight in Taiwan”, in The Globe and Mail‎, archived from the original on 11 March 2014:Scion of a wealthy family, the soft-spoken Ms. Tsai has been transformed almost overnight from a wonkish intellectual whose privileged background allowed her to study abroad, into a Robin Hood-like heroine committed to lifting the poor from the hardships of life. “She is so extraordinary,” said 63-year-old welfare recipient Bei Ling, who lives with her husband in the Taipei working-class suburb of Banciao. “Whenever we see her on TV we are moved to tears.”
** 2021 March 28, Ho Yu-hua, Jonathan Chin, “Children’s science plaza to be built in Banciao”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on March 27, 2021:The National Children’s Future Plaza project is to be built on a 3.3-hectare plot of land worth NT$30 billion in Banciao District (板橋), Su said.
** 2022 January 4, Phillip Charlier, “Police fire 6 shots in pursuit of suspect in New Taipei City”, in Taiwan English News‎, archived from the original on 4 January 2022:Police officers fired six shots at the tires of a vehicle after a suspect drove at them and escaped from a traffic stop in Banciao District, New Taipei City, yesterday, December 3.
** 2022 January 26, George Liao, “Ex-boyfriend of Taiwanese lawmaker charged with eight crimes”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 26 January 2022:According to the indictment, Lin allegedly abused Kao and attempted to restrain her against her will in a room at the Grand Forward Hotel in New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋) on Nov. 11 and 12 last year, CNA reported.
** 2023 June 9, “Probe of school sedating kids expands”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-08, Taiwan News, page 3‎:The allegations against the school in Banciao District (板橋) were first made on May 14, when the parents of three students told police that a teacher had given their children some unknown drugs and had used improper physical methods to discipline them.
** 2024 December 16, Tsai Si-pei, Shelley Shan, “Taipei’s population falls below 2.5m after brief rebound”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 16, 2024, Front Page, page 1‎:People leaving Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) mostly move to New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋), while those in Taipei’s Nangang District (南港) move to New Taipei City’s Sijhih District (汐止), he said.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Banciao.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “Banqiao — the Xinbei ways”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2011 February 9, archived from the original on 2011-11-13‎:What struck me upon seeing this for the first time was that, in just one small section, Banqiao is spelled four different ways: Banqiao (Hanyu Pinyin) Panchiao (bastardized Wade-Giles) Ban-Chiau (MPS2, with an added hyphen) Banciao (Tongyong Pinyin)

### Further reading

* Banciao at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.