# Dasi
## English
### Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大寺.

#### Proper noun

Dasi
* A town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.
** 2012 July 27, “Tianjin hit with heavy rainfall”, in China Internet Information Center‎, archived from the original on 28 July 2012‎:The rain, which started on Wednesday evening, hit the northern part of the city the hardest. Dasi township in the suburban Xiqing district was the worst-affected area, receiving 34.5 centimeters of rain, according to the Tianjin Meteorological Bureau.

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 大溪 (Dàxī) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dàsi.

#### Proper noun

Dasi
* Alternative form of Daxi
** 2004 September 9, Keith Bradsher, “The Chiangs, Father and Son, Can't Rest in Peace Just Yet”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 June 2021, Dasi Journal‎:DASI, Taiwan - The two black marble sarcophagi sit in similar mausoleums less than a mile apart, each a one-story building of house size arranged around a tiny, grassy courtyard in a wooded valley an hour's drive southwest of Taipei.
** 2007, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan‎, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122, column 1:At Cihhu (Cihu), near the town of Dasi (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.
** 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 316:Dasi South of Cape Sandiao, the northernmost foothills of the Syueshan Range rise — sharply from the coast, creating a striking backdrop to the small towns that DASI, 4km south of Dali, is a once-tranquil town that is quickly being transformed into Taiwan's premier surf centre. Dasi is widely o considered to have the most consistent beach break in northern Taiwan, and the waves on the edge of town in Honeymoon Bay hold great appeal for experienced and novice surfers alike, with typically hollow faces yet enough power and speed to lend themselves to shortboards and quick take-offs. There is also usually plenty of gentle swell for novices, and due to Dasi's proximity to Taipei it can be choked with Taiwanese beginners on summer weekends - seasoned riders are better off going during the week, when they often have the beautiful stretch of black-sand beach all to themselves.
** 2022 January 9, Jung-ping Lee, Jonathan Chin, “Fong Fei-fei’s son weighing lawsuit against museum”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2022‎:Chao and the Fong Fei-fei Charity Foundation might seek legal action for unlicensed use of her name, he said. The comments come after the grand opening of the Fong Fei-fei Story House in the singer’s native Dasi District (大溪). The event, held by the Tokoham Culture and Education Foundation, was attended by Taoyuan Deputy Mayor Kao An-pang (高安邦) and Fong’s brother, Lin Yu-nung (林語農).
** 2022 October 20, Jung-ping Lee, Kayleigh Madjar, “Taoyuan under fire over ‘bold’ dancers at festival in Dasi”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2022, Taiwan News‎:Originally organized by the Taoyuan Tofu Merchants’ Association to celebrate Dasi District’s (大溪) famous bean curd industry, the city government has since 2015 helped to run the annual festival.
** 2024 January 16, JC Shen, “A view of Taiwan from Singapore”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 15, 2024, Editorials, page 8‎:The Generalissimo’s Garden in Taoyuan’s Dasi District (大溪) is an absurd, tragicomic collection of about 200 retired statues of former president Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石).
** 2025 January 6, “Snow caps tallest mountains as temperatures fall”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 06, 2025, Taiwan News, page 2‎:In non-mountainous areas, the lowest temperatures recorded early Monday were 11.2°C and 11.3°C in Taoyuan's Dasi District (大溪) and New Taipei City's Shihding District (石碇) respectively, the CWA said.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Dasi.

#### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 大溪鎮 / Daxi / Dàxī / Dasi / Tahsi”