Dongjyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東莒 (Dōngjǔ) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dongjyǔ.
Senses: examples: text: Jyuguang Township consists of two islands, Dongjyu and Sijyu. Dongjyu's Fujheng and Dapu villages are intact traditional Eastern Fujianese settlements, and its Dongcyuan Lighthouse is Matsu's only class two historic site.
ref: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 [Taiwan Town and Country], 遠流出版事業股份有現公司, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196:
english: Taiwan Town and Country
translation: Taiwan Town and Country
text: In good weather, and especially during the busy summer tourist season, there are several ferries each day to Dongjyu and Sijyu from Nangan's Fuao Port (50 min, NT$140). If you want to see both, the way to do it without having to double back to Nangan is to start with Sijyu, spend the night there, then catch one of the six daily ferries that leave on the hour, every other hour (7am-5pm; 10 min, NT$20), stopping off at Dongjyu on the way back to Nangan.
ref: 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 498:
text: This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongjyu (Dongju) and Sijyu (Xiju). About 600 civilians live on the islands, most in the village of Dapu, in the center of Dongjyu. At the island’s northern tip is the Dongjyu Lighthouse, built by the British after the Opium Wars of the mid-19th century and still in use.
ref: 2007, Phil Macdonald, “Straits Islands”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1:
text: Two Rhagophthalmus species addressed here were found in Beigan islet and Dongjyu islet separately. These islets are less than 40 km apart, but no population of these species was found in other neighboring islands.
ref: 2012, Jen-Zon Ho, Young-Fa Chen, Su-Han Cheng, Xi-Lian Tsai, Ping-Shin Yang, “Two new species of Rhagophthalmus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Rhagophthalmidae) from Matzu Archipelago, Taiwan with biological commentary”, in Zootaxa, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:
text: The bureau said the Dongjyu Island (東嶼^([sic – meaning 東莒])) near Matsu would be the nation’s closest point to the center of the moon’s shadow. Residents of Dongjyu will be able to watch the annular eclipse for 4 minutes and 31 seconds, giving them the longest viewing window in the country.
ref: 2012 May 15, Shelley Shan, “Star-gazers watch for rare solar eclipse”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2012, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: To the children of Dongjyu (東莒) on the Matsu islands, the center of the world is not Taiwan, but neighboring Nangan (南竿島), which is the most populated and developed island in the region.
Surrounded by the sea, Yang said the children of Dongjyu feel isolated from the world and they lack a sense of belonging.
ref: 2012 November 15, Hsiao-yun Lin, Jason Pan, “FEATURE: Photographer helps children reach out to the world”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2013, Taiwan News, page 5:
text: I am sure it will be a cool experience to visit the students and the teachers in Dongyin. And if you are a^([sic – meaning an]) artist or musician, we also highly recommend Dongjyu, the smallest island in Matsu.
ref: 2016 August 8, Han Yang, “Couchsurfers in Class Map”, in ｛空屋筆記｝ 免費的自由 (Blog), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2016:
text: For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets.
ref: 2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023, Editorials, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of Dongju.