Hsuehshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 雪山 (Xuěshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsüeh³-shan¹.
Senses: examples: text: It's an interesting place for visitors, especially hikers who want to challenge Taiwan's second highest peak, Hsuehshan (xuěshān), which means Snow Mountain. It's 3884m in elevation and one of the chief attractions of Shei-Pa National Park.
ref: 1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 396:
text: Lishan is the staging point for mountaineering expeditions to Hsuehshan ⑨, Taiwan’s second-highest peak at 3,885 meters (12,746 ft).
ref: 2003, “West-Central Taiwan”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:
text: Engineers attempt to drive a tunnel through the Hsuehshan, an 11,500-foot-high mountain in Taiwan consisting of tough, fractured rock and subterranean cave systems.
ref: 2008 May 16, Kathryn Shattuck, “What's On Tonight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022:
text: A forest fire on Hsuehshan, also known as Snow Mountain, was put out Friday afternoon, but not before four hectares of firs and arrow bamboo trees burned to the ground.
ref: 2008 December 19, “Firs and arrow bamboo lost in forest fire”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022, Society:
text: The change comes as the office prepares for the Tourism Bureau’s Year of Mountain Tourism next year.
Foreigners can submit applications to access Hsuehshan (雪山) from four months before their planned departure date from Taiwan to 35 days before their expected date of entry, the office said.
ref: 2019 August 30, Chien-li Peng, Sherry Hsiao, “Rules for Shei-Pa visits to be relaxed for foreign tourists”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2019, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: Hsuehshan Forest Recreation Area is located on the back section of the Southwestern part of the Hsuehshan main peak.
ref: 2021 August 13, “Hsuehshan Forest Recreation Area”, in Taichung City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2022:
text: The primary investigation river basin includes the Pei-Kang River Basin and the Chou-Shui River Basin. The geological zone covers from the west to the east, including the coastal plain, the western piedmont, and the Hsuehshan mountain.
ref: 2022, Nai-Chin Chen, “Investigation and Estimation of Groundwater Level Fluctuation Potential: A Case Study in the Pei-Kang River Basin and Chou-Shui River Basin of the Taiwan Mountainous Region”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 14, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3 of 19:
text: The tunnel, which was bored through the Hsuehshan (meaning Snow Mountain) Range, is the longest in Taiwan and connects Taipei through New Taipei to Yilan county.
ref: 2022 April 5, Lawrence Chung, “Taiwan looks at tunnel bunker as emergency wartime military command centre”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022:
text: The agency issued the warning after mountaineering incidents on Hsuehshan (雪山) and Yushan (玉山) this month.[…]
A recent spike in mountaineering incidents in Hsuehshan and Yushan was mainly caused by waves of strong cold air mass, leading to a significant temperature decline, the agency said.
ref: 2025 March 24, Shelley Shan, “Mountaineers face fines for unauthorized climbs”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: Alternative form of Xueshan.