Kinhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金湖 (Jīnhú), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
Senses: examples: text: The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.
ref: 1966, 中華醫學雜誌, volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 158:
text: Based on these data, a five-year filariasis control project was organized in 1972 to cover the Kinmen Islands, and a detailed report was published by FAN et al. (1974a). In the present survey, a total of 20,018 persons in 55 villages of four townships were examined, and microfilariae were found in 1,764 (8.8%); clinical manifestations were found in 282 (19.2%) of 1,470 persons examined. The microfilarial rates according to the townships were 10.9% (1,038 positives out of 9,522 persons examined) in Kinnin, 7.5% (104 of 1 ,385) in Kincheng, 6.1 % (482 of 7,843) in Kinhu, and 11.0 % (140 of 1,268) in Liehyu.
ref: 1976, Manabu Sasa, “Filariasis in the Asian Region”, in Human Filariasis: A Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control, University of Tokyo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 459:
text: In 1392, Ming Dynasty built five military spots for coast safety. The five military spots were located in Tianpu village in Kinsha town, Fengshang village and Chengkun village in Kinhu town, and Liehyu Hsiang.
ref: 2003 June, Yang Tien-Hou (楊天厚), “金門城隍信仰研究 [The Research on the Faith in Cheng Hwang Yeh in Kinmen]”, in 國立中山大學中國文學研究所碩士論文 [National Sun Yat-sen University], →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, Abstract, page 7:
english: National Sun Yat-sen University
translation: National Sun Yat-sen University
text: All of these 7 patients were males aged from 20 to 28 years, and were enrolled in the military for a 2- to 3-year service in Kinhu township, Kinmen.
ref: 2005, Ling Chow et al., “A retrospective study of hantavirus infection in Kinmen, Taiwan”, in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, volume 38, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2:
text: The group’s representative, Syril Hung (洪篤欽), said the Taihu Reservoir is an important water source for Kinhu Township (金湖) and has been determined to be a drinking water source quality protection area under the Drinking Water Management Act (飲用水管理條例).
ref: 2013 June 26, Lee I-chia, “No hotel near reservoir, activists urge”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, Taiwan News, page 4:
text: Taipei-based Ever Rich’ is expecting its large new Kinmen Island operation to grow substantially this year as it completes the final touches to its Kinmen duty free shopping mall and hotel complex in Kinhu town on Big Kinmen.
ref: 2014 May 15, David Hayes, “Ever Rich looks for major growth”, in TRBusiness, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022:
text: Qionglin Village in Kinhu with its well-preserved ancestral halls, arches, and old Fujian-style houses with interesting gables is famous for having more shrines than any other village on Kinmen.
ref: 2017 March, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=73fDDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT700&lpg=PT700:
text: The private teams, ONYX Ta-Ho Environmental Services Co., Ltd. and Jun Sheng Development Corporation, proved their excellent performance amidst the tough competition with the “Bali Refuse Incineration Plant for Outsourcing Operations and Management” and “The Build and Operate Case of Business Hotel in Kinhu, Kinmen” and were granted Superior Awards.[…]
The project of “The Build and Operate Case of Business Hotel in Kinhu, Kinmen” simultaneously won both awards in the categories of Private Team and Government Agency.
ref: 2019 September 25, “Winners of the 17th Golden Thumb Awards.”, in Ministry of Finance, R.O.C., archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020, Press Releases Statements(News):
text: The collection sites in four townships of Kinmen Island include Kinhu (24°41' N, 118°43' E; 24°43' N, 118°46' E), Kinsha (24°52' N, 118°41' E; 24°50' N, 118°44' E), Kinning (24°45' N, 118°37' E) and Kincheng (24°40' N, 118°31' E) (Figure 1).[…]
The geographical prevalence of Rickettsia infection was detected only in Kinhu (7.21%) and Kinsha (3.92%) townships (Table 2).[…]
In this study, the Rickettsia infection in I. granulatus ticks was detected only in the Kinhu (KH) and Kinsa (KS) townships.
ref: 2021, Chien-Ming Shih, Pei-Wen Yang, Li-Lian Chao, “Molecular Detection and Genetic Identification of Rickettsia Infection in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, an Incriminated Vector for Geographical Transmission in Taiwan”, in Microorganisms, volume 9, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 2, 5, 12:
text: The research area for this study was the Kinmen area (Figure 2), and the villages and towns that were included spanned Jincheng Town, Kinhu Town, Kinsha Town, Jinning Township, and Lieyu Township, which comprise the main population in Kinmen.[…]
Prior to the interviews, all of the respondents provided informed consent and signed a consent form. The respondents were from Jincheng Town (16.63% female), Kinhu Town (22.59% female), Kinsha Town (19.58% female), Jinning Township (15.33% female), and Lieyu Township (8.75% female).
ref: 2022, Shyh-Shyun Huang et al., “An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Kinmen”, in Frontiers in Pharmacology, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Jinhu (Taiwan)
wikipedia: Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)
Postal Romanization