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Gaodeng
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gāodēng gāoděng
English
Gaodeng Island
Alternative forms
en Kaoteng Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 高登, reinforced by Tongyong Pinyin.
Pronunciation
gou′dŭng′
en Gao deng
Proper noun
en island rural township/Beigan county/Lienchiang c/Taiwan in the Matsu Islands.
en 2013 Bruce A. Elleman PRC Disputes with the ROC on Taiwan Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia https://archive.org/details/beijingspowerchi0000unse/ w:M.E. Sharpe 9780765627643 2012014912 820388159 271 https://archive.org/details/beijingspowerchi0000unse/page/271/ Meanwhile, the Mazu islands included a number of smaller islands, including Beigan (zh 北竿) and Gaodeng.
en 2022 Alexander Lott Tensions in and over the Taiwan Strait in 2021 Nilufer Oral Hybrid Threats and the Law of the Sea: Use of Force and Discriminatory Navigational Restrictions in Straits International Straits of the World https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-76069/ 19 w:Brill Nijhoff 978-90-04-50935-1 0924-4867 2022025798 1340646925 177 https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-76069/page/177/ In addition to Taiwan Island, Taipei governs some distant groups of islands/ rocks (Mazu Islands and Kinmen Islands), some of which are located at a sight distance from mainland China (e.g., Gaodeng Island is located 9 km from mainland China and Kinmen Islands are situated a couple of km east of China’s Xiamen city).
en 2022/05/21 Matthew Strong Taiwan coast guard doubts PLA piloted speedboats near outlying island https://web.archive.org/web/20220521093140/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4546151 w:Taiwan News Politics A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing.
en March 09, 2023 Ling-ling (zh 張玲玲) Chang Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet https://web.archive.org/web/20230309085228/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/03/09/2003795764 09 March 2023 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Editorials 8 For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (zh 莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (zh 東莒) and Sijyu (zh 西莒), as well as smaller islets.When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (zh 北竿), Nangan (zh 南竿) and Dongyin (zh 東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (zh 亮島) and Gaodeng (zh 高登), with each tour lasting three months.
en 03/17/2023 Chang Ai; Wang Chao-yu; Evelyn Kao Matsu lobster smugglers face NT$98 million fines https://web.archive.org/web/20230316170310/https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202303170002 w:Focus Taiwan Cross-Strait According to Lii, while port declarations show that boats carrying lobsters applied 33 times to leave for Daqiu Island, which is currently uninhabited, ship records show that the vessels instead sailed to waters off Gaodeng Island, which is located nearly 9.25 kilometers from the Beijiao Peninsula in China's Fujian Province, where they made transactions with Chinese fishing boats at sea.
en
Translations
island
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 高登
Hokkien: nan-hbl
Mandarin: cmn 高登
Japanese: ja
Further reading
Gaodeng, Kaoteng, Kao-teng
Anagrams
en adeggno daggone