Jiaosi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礁溪 (Jiāoxī) Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi.
Senses: examples: text: The patchwork rural scenery of Wundi, located 3 kilometers east of Jiaosi Township, includes fish farms near Diaobie Bridge, paddy fields of Dazhuwei, and the villages of Wugu and Shihchao.
ref: 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 237:
text: South of Toucheng, the resort town of JIAOSI is best known for its hot springs and the spectacular waterfalls just outside the city. As the main hot-springs area in the northeastern plains, Jiaosi is immensely popular with working-class Taiwanese, and in recent years there has been a proliferation of spa hotels, many offering rock-bottom rates.
ref: 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 189:
text: Some rice exporters in Vietnam and India have restricted exports in order to keep more rice at home, pushing up international prices and threatening supplies to countries that depend on imports. A man worked in a rice factory in Jiaosi in Ilan County, Taiwan.
ref: 2008 April 7, “Pictures of the Day, April 7”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023, page 12 of 15:
text: A man holds a handful of rice as he poses for the photographer in a rice factory in Jiaosi, Ilan County, Taiwan, April 7, 2008.
ref: 2008 April 27, Jacqueline Wong, “No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2022, Top News:
text: A guest at a hotspring hotel in Jiaosi Township, Yilan was reported to have fallen off the building and died.
ref: 2016 August 29, “疑申請退伍遭拖延 特戰兵墜樓身亡 [SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED]”, in Christina Liu, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2016:
english: SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED
translation: SOLDIER JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER DISCHARGE DELAYED
text: Yesterday an illegal residence on farmland at Jiaosi was forcibly demolished and the local government emphasized that illegal residences at Yuanshan and Wujie would be demolished this month.[…]
This building near Yilan's Jiaosi has been designated by the local government as illegally built on farmland and is being forcibly demolished.
ref: 2017 June 2, Chia-Pao (吳嘉堡) Wu, 許恆慈 [Hsu Heng-Tzu], 邱福財 [Chiu Fu-Tsai], “礁溪重大違規農舍 縣府強制拆除 [YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND]”, in Clare Lear, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2018:
english: YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND
translation: YILAN COUNTY STARTS TO DEMOLISH RESIDENCES ON FARMLAND
text: Residents near Sicheng Station in Yilan’s Jiaosi Township (礁溪) welcomed the proposal to build the terminus there, saying that the ministry should honor the professional recommendations.
ref: 2021 September 17, Shelley Shan, “Yilan high-speed rail link to rely on consent: MOTC”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2021, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: Regrettably, although the monthly pass program includes Taoyuan’s Jhungli (中壢) and Yangmei (楊梅) districts, it has excluded the towns of Toucheng (頭城) and Jiaosi (礁溪) in Yilan.
ref: 2023 February 28, Dino Wei, “Include Yilan in unlimited passes”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2023, Editorials, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiaoxi.