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Huwei
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hǔwēi hùwèi
English
Huwei Township, Yunlin County
Etymology
From en cmn 虎尾.
Pronunciation
ho͞o′wā′Huwei 818 2 Huwei (ho͞o′wā′), Jap. [Japanese] Kobi (kō′bē),Sometimes spelled Fuwei.
en Hu wei
Proper noun
en urban township county/Yunlin c/Taiwan.
en JANUARY 21, 2007 Ralph Jennings Remote Taiwan county dreams of puppet economy https://web.archive.org/web/20221017214804/https://www.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-taiwan-puppets-idUKMOL33058220070103 17 October 2022 w:Reuters Oddly Enough Some are giants. Others blue-suited aliens. And they are all puppets, operated by as many as 200 local troupes that generate a buzz in Huwei which officials hope to export around the world.Huwei and surrounding Yunlin County aim to send the wooden, hand-powered celebs to the world stage. The silver screen is one part of the plan. Local tourism is the other.
en November 10, 2014 Sean Lin COA finishes repair work on Jhuoshuei farm irrigation canal https://web.archive.org/web/20141210210343/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/11/10/2003604104 10 December 2014 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/11/10/2003604104 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 Furthermore, since authorities have ordered that five groundwater wells providing water to the Anching (zh 安慶) irrigation area in Huwei Township (zh 虎尾) be sealed to prevent land subsidence, the council has provided funds to the association to establish a reservoir between the two floodgates to help farmers access water, Hu said.
en
Translations
urban township
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 虎尾
Hokkien: nan-hbl 虎尾
Mandarin: cmn 虎尾
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