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Cianjin
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English
Cianjin District, Kaohsiung
Alternative forms
en Chienchin Wade-Giles
en Qianjin Pinyin
Etymology
From the en cmn-tongyong -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info https://archive.is/bJ5X2 zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 前金區 / Qianjin / Qiánjīn / Cianjin / Chienchin romanization of the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for 前金 Ciánjin.
Pronunciation
chyēn′jĭn′
en Cian jin
Proper noun
en district city/Kaohsiung c/Taiwan.
en 2011 Chao Ren; Ka Lun Lau; Kam Po Yiu; Edward Ng Magali Bodart; Arnaud Evrard Sustainable Urban Planning of High Density Cities by Urban Climatic Mapping: An Experience from Kaohsiung, Taiwan PLEA 2011: Architecture & Sustainable Development https://books.google.com/books?id=KKZMp2kotAEC https://books.google.com/books?id=cjmDCgAAQBAJ 1 9782874632778 775680918 216 Sea breezes come from WNW, W, and S directions during daytime. Thus, high wind velocity areas concentrate on the waterfront areas, for example, the outlet of Love River in Cianjin District.
en 2014 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712464/Five-dead-200-injured-huge-explosion-Taiwan-caused-gas-leak-sewage-system.html Massive explosion caused by 'gas leak in sewage system' kills 15 and injures hundreds as it rips through city in Taiwan Mark Duell w:Mail Online Cianjhen, Lingya, Siaogang and Cianjin districts were all reportedly rocked by the explosions on Ersheng Road and Kaisuan Road. https://web.archive.org/web/20251119220454/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712464/Five-dead-200-injured-huge-explosion-Taiwan-caused-gas-leak-sewage-system.html 19 November 2025
en 2019 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/12/02/2003519716 Nightlife: Brickyard turns two Marcus Aurelius w:Taipei Times Two Year Anniversary at Brickyard, B1, 507 Jhongshan 2nd Rd, Cianjin Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (zh 高雄市前金區中山二路507號B1). https://web.archive.org/web/20250427100820/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/12/02/2003519716 27 April 2025
en 2020 Jou-Man Huang; Liang-Chun Chen https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/10/3952 A Numerical Study on Mitigation Strategies of Urban Heat Islands in a Tropical Megacity: A Case Study in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Sustainability 12 10 10.3390/su12103952 2071-1050 926210350 As the average number of floors in the building in the simulation area is 5 and the overall average height of the Cianjin District is 21 m, the divisions were pedestrian height (1.5 m), 1F (3 m), 2F (6 m), 5F (15 m), 8F (24 m) (height of less building obscuration) to explore the difference of the improvement of the microclimate environment at the near-surface pedestrian level and different height levels between the cases (Figure 3 and Figure 4). In addition, due to the limitation of the simulation results of the vertical grid, the actual vertical floor plan heights were 1.5 m (K= 2), 2.7 m (K = 4), 7.5 m (K = 6), 16.5 m (K = 9), and 25.5 m (K = 12), respectively (k represents the grid point of vertical resolution.). https://web.archive.org/web/20260925141230/https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/10/3952 25 September 2026
en 2020 Christina W. Tsai; et al. Development of a noise-assisted multivariate empirical mode decomposition framework for characterizing PM 2.5 air pollution in Taiwan and its relation to hydro-meteorological factors Environment International https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201934214X 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105669 0160-4120 630594491 The Cianjin district is in the center of Kaohsiung city.[...]The Cianjin station of the EPA is atop a 12 m-high building at the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI). The distance between the Cianjin station and the nearest major road is 25 m (see Fig. 1). is automatically monitored hourly (see Fig. 2).
en 12/27/2021 Kuo Chih-hsuan; Tsai Meng-yu; Tseng Yi-ning; Ko Lin Prosecutors weigh up charges for drunk driver who killed 1, injured 3 w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20211227062029/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202112270009 27 December 2021 Prosecutors in Kaohsiung will make a decision Monday over charges against a car driver who struck and killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing Sunday while five times over the legal blood alcohol limit.The 38-year oldyear-old suspect, identified by his last name Huang (zh 黃), was caught driving under the influence after he struck a family of four using a pedestrian crossing on the intersection of Hedong Road and Guomin Street in the city's Cianjin District at around 7 p.m. Sunday.
en 09/19/2023 Idle heritage w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20230930223539/https://focustaiwan.tw/photos/20230919ENP0003m https://focustaiwan.tw/photos/20230919ENP0003m September 30, 2023 Photos of the Day https://archive.ph/DDi5L Old Kaohsiung City Council Hall is photographed in a semi-derelict state in the city's Cianjin District Tuesday. Although listed as an historical heritage site in 2020, the building, which was constructed in 1966, has been abandoned since Kaohsiung City Council relocated to what was Kaohsiung County Assembly Hall in Fongshan District after the 2010 city-county merger.
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Translations
district in south Taiwan
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 前金 cin4 gam1
Hokkien: nan-hbl 前金 Chiân-kim
Mandarin: cmn 前金 Qiánjīn
References
en 2-syllable words