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Jianshi
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jiānshí jiānshì jiǎnshí jiǎnshì jiànshí jiànshǐ jiànshì jiànshi Jiànshǐ
English
Jianshi County
Alternative forms
en Chienshih Chien-shih Wade-Giles
en Kienshih Postal
Pronunciation
jyĕn′shœ′Kienshih or Chien-shih 943 3
en Jian shi
Etymology 1
en cmn 建始 via en cmn-pinyin -.
Proper noun
en county autonomous prefecture/Enshi p/Hubei c/China.
en 1975 The Giant Ape https://archive.org/details/ChinaPictorial/CP1975-05/ w:China Pictorial 5 0009-4420 671845184 44 https://archive.org/details/ChinaPictorial/CP1975-05/page/n45/ 3 During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution over 200 teeth of the giant ape were found in Chienshih County, Hupeh Province, and Pama County, the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region. on
en 03 June 2016 Nectar Gan Storms cause flooding, landslides along Yangtze River in China w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20160604021944/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1963663/storms-cause-flooding-landslides-along-yangtze-river-china https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1963663/storms-cause-flooding-landslides-along-yangtze-river-china June 04, 2016 1563-9371 648902513 Society Farmland in Jianshi county in Hubei province was flooded after the heaviest rainstorm in 36 years, causing landslides, debris flows and power outages. About 60,000 people were affected, according to preliminary estimates.
Translations
county in central China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 建始
Mandarin: cmn 建始 Jiànshǐ
Japanese: ja
Further reading
Jianshi, Chienshih, Chien-shih, Kienshih
en 1998 Jianshi Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1447 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1447/ 1
Etymology 2
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 尖石.
Alternative forms
en Jianshih Tongyong Pinyin
Proper noun
en mountain indigenous township county/Hsinchu County c/Taiwan.
en January 25, 2023 George Liao Snow falls at Mingchih, Jianshi in northern Taiwan w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20240422112128/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4790860 April 22, 2024 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4790860 As a severe cold wave sweeps across Taiwan, snowfall was reported at several locations in the country, including the Mingchih forest recreation area in Yilan County and high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County.Hsinchu County Councilor Liu Chien-ming (zh 劉建民) told CNA that high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, such as Llyung, Tayax villages and Lidong Mountain, had seen snowfall Tuesday evening into midnight, but as the moisture was not sufficient, there was no snow cover to speak of.
en June 15, 2023 Tsai Chang-sheng; Jason Pan Hsinchu court fines illegal logging ring NT$70 million https://web.archive.org/web/20230615175305/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/15/2003801586 15 June 2023 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/15/2003801586 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 Ho, 52, a resident of Hsinchu County’s Hsinchu’s Jianshi Township (zh 尖石) died after being released on bail last year, the ruling said.
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Translations
mountain indigenous township in northern Taiwan
Atayal: tay Nahuy
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 尖石
Hokkien: nan-hbl 尖石 Chiam-chio̍h
Mandarin: cmn 尖石 Jiānshí
Japanese: ja
References
en 2-syllable words