Yencheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 鹽埕 (Yánchéng) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-chʻêng².
Senses: examples: text: I had similar experience in the small market we studied in Kaohsiung's Yencheng district where I noticed a well dressed young lady who came by taxi (!) to do her shopping.
ref: 1985, Marinus Elisa Berg, Language Planning and Language Use in Taiwan, →OCLC, page 219:
text: 1. Systematic development project in the commercial zone of harbor district, Kaohsiung
This project is situated at Yencheng, Kaohsiung, with a total area of 62,595 m².
ref: 1996, Taiwan Sugar, numbers 41-43, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42, column 2:
text: Two years ago, the Love River Association mapped out a plan for an Ai River Park on the stretch from the Kaohsiung Bridge to the Chungcheng Bridge. But for a variety of reasons, residents there became a major obstacle. This district, Yencheng, is the old commercial center of Kaohsiung and was[…]
ref: 1997, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 22, numbers 7-12, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 87, column 3:
english: Sinorama
translation: Sinorama
text: In early 2002, Kaohsiung City Medical Association (the respondent), in an official letter drafted by Disciplinary Committee Director Chen Si-Chuan and sent to members in the name of association Chairman Hsiao Chi-wen, notified members that beginning in February 2002 on a trial basis, primary care clinics in the association's northern and southern jurisdiction would begin a rotating holiday system on Sundays, with those clinics in the southern jurisdiction (the city's Hsinhsing, Lingya, Hsiaokang, Chienchin and Chienchen districts) closing on those Sundays falling on even-numbered dates and those clinics in the northern jurisdiction (the city's Sanmin, Tsoying, Nantze, Chichin, Kushan and Yencheng districts) closing on those Sunday falling on odd-numbered dates.
ref: 2008 December 18, “Ex-officio investigation by the Fair Trade Commission into Kaohsiung City Medical Association's restriction that members of primary care clinic must not see patients every other Sunday, in violation of the Fair Trade Law”, in Fair Trade Commission, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
text: Kaohsiung prosecutors began an investigation into the case after Chiu’s body was found in a garbage bag in Kaohsiung’s Yencheng District (鹽埕) on Sept. 15 2007.
ref: 2010 August 29, Rich Chang, “Supreme Court upholds Filipina’s life sentence for murder in Kaohsiung”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2010, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: The other restaurants targeted include Kuang De House of Pancakes in Yencheng District (鹽埕), which closed last week, and Senfan Teppanyaki in Linya District (苓雅), which on Tuesday announced that it would relocate next month after its landlord, a Han supporter, terminated its contract.
ref: 2019 July 18, Jason Pan, “Restaurants close after Han fan ‘abuse’”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2019:
text: All around it surround by sea, it separate the east Kaohsiung the harbors and Kushan, Yencheng, before stand far apart facing each other town, border on the Taiwan Straits in the west, the south, and second port and little harbor neighbor, the north adjoin Kaohsiung first port and Shoushan mountain.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “History”, in Cijin District Office, Kaohsiung City, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020:
text: 2. Fire accident of Cheng Chung Cheng Building
A fire broke out in Cheng Chung Cheng Building on Fubei Rd., Yencheng District, Kaohsiung City at 2:54 A.M. on October 14, 2021, and caused massive casualties because most residents were elderly people with reduced mobility and had difficulty escaping.
ref: 2022 June 30, Ming-Chih Shih, “2022 Corporate Sustainability Report”, in TransGlobe Life (全球人壽保險股份有限公司), archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022, page 050:
glosses: Alternative form of Yancheng (Taiwan)