Chutien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 竹田 (Zhútián) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu²-tʻien².
Senses: examples: text: Many Hakka on the Pingtung plain who bear the surname Ch’en and trace their origins to Chiaying chou in Kwangtung are genealogically divided into several hu, or sublineages. Most of Tatieh's Ch’en belong to a sublineage known as Nan-shan, or “South Mountain.” As in the case of Hsü, Nan-shan Ch’en living in various villages were united by the creation of two ancestral trusts with headquarters in Chutien township.
ref: 1972, Burton Pasternak, “Kinship”, in Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
text: Experiment 1 was carried out in Chutien and Likang in both autumn 1985 and spring 1986.
ref: 1991, A. T. Hung et al., “Effect of Fertilizer Management and Rhizobia Inoculation on Yield and Quality of Vegetable Soybean”, in Vegetable Soybean: Research Needs for Production and Quality Improvement, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Shanhua, Tainan, →ISBN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022, page 76:
text: The parasitoids were found to be ineffective in controlling SWF on E. pulcherrima along roadsides in Chutien, Pingtung Hsien.
ref: 1999, Ching-Chin (錢景秦) Chien, 周樑鎰 [Liang-Yih Chou], 張淑貞 [Shu-Chen Chang], “臺灣地區螺旋粉蝨（Aleurodicus dispersus）（同翅目：粉蝨科）寄生蜂之引進、增殖及釋放 [Introduction, Propagation, and Liberation of Two Parasitoids for the Control of Spiraling Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan]”, in 中華昆蟲 [Chinese Journal of Entomology], volume 20, number 3, published 2000, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022; republished as Entomology Abstracts, volume 32, numbers 4-5, 2001, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2:
english: Chinese Journal of Entomology
translation: Chinese Journal of Entomology
text: The trial will take place on eight stops along the north-south Formosa Freeway (Freeway 3) from Holong (後龍) in Miaoli County to Chutien (竹田) in Pingtung County.
ref: 2006 January 17, “Taiwan Quick Take”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2006, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: At the opening ceremony on the 4th, ukulele performance from Sishi Primary School of Hakka Simiao as well as drum performance from Little Doctor Kindergarten unveiled the event. Then, Wu Li-shue, vice magistrate, Chan Li-ping, head of Department of Hakka Affairs, and Fu Min-hsiung, head of Chutien Township had beat drums to jointly and officially announce the event was unfolded.
ref: 2017 November 13, “Celebrate Harvest -- Hakka Cultural Heritage Museum of Pingtung County puts on annual achievements exhibition”, in Pingtung County Government, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022:
text: Efficient measures have been taken to combine with the native cultural elements. Further, walkways and guardrails are also constructed along the bikeway that has been planned by the county government in order to magnify the sightseeing momentum for Chutien Township.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “優質工程”, in Irrigation Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Zhutian.