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Cianjhen
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English
Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung
thumb|zh 前鎮之星站Cianjhen Star light rail station Cianjhen Star Station
Alternative forms
en Chienchen Ch'ien-chen Wade-Giles
en Qianzhen 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 前鎮區 / Qianzhen / Qiánzhèn / Cianjhen / Chienchen romanization of the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for *前鎮 Ciánjhèn.
Pronunciation
chyēn′jŭn′
en Cian jhen
Proper noun
en district city/Kaohsiung c/Taiwan.
en 2009 Henry T. Chen The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Taiwanese_Distant_Water_Fisheries_in_Sou/l5BHDwAAQBAJ 2017 w:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 978-0-9738934-9-6 1039084099 42 In addition to rebuilding Gushan Fishing Port, a modern, distant-water fishing port built in 1967 in Cianjhen District attracted a large number of distant - water vessels originally based in Gushan.
en 01 August 2014 Taiwan gas blasts in Kaohsiung kill at least 25 https://web.archive.org/web/20230406031223/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28594693 06 April 2023 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28594693 w:BBC News https://archive.is/IXERI The blasts rocked the city's Cianjhen district, scattering cars and blowing deep trenches in roads.
en 2016 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350630716300826 Case analysis of catastrophic underground pipeline gas explosion in Taiwan Chun-hung Chen; Yeong-Nain Sheen; Her-Yung Wang Engineering Failure Analysis 65 1873-1961 67259371 w:Science Direct 40 On July 31, 2014, prior to 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions the explosions, the odor of gas was noted, and white smoke was seen emitting from manholes near Kaisyuan 3rd Road and Ersheng 1st Road in Cianjhen District.
en 2020 Ying-ying Cheng; Seiji Shibata; Ching-chung Guey; Paul W. Mathews; Katsumi Kiyonaga EFL in Senior High Schools: The Case of Taiwan https://archive.org/details/vol-41-jun-27/ Journal of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States XLI 0195-377X 909921863 20 https://archive.org/details/vol-41-jun-27/page/n25/ This general SHS in the Cianjhen District was established in 1969. This old classroom was bright and airy and had fans and a projector. There were 36 students in this general class.
en 2021 January Lin Chien-Hung; et al. 高雄港過港隧道延壽工程 再創海底隧道新生命 Prolongation of Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel Service Life for Recreate a New Life to the Undersea Tunnel zh:中華技術<t:CECI Engineering Technology> https://web.archive.org/web/20220919095954/https://tpl.ncl.edu.tw/NclService/pdfdownload?filePath=lV8OirTfsslWcCxIpLbUfmdCa1P8r-hEJj7i2NQN_DdWGksqk5KLY3bfPj54aFpp&imgType=Bn5sH4BGpJw=&key=na9hRxeE2rTcUo9ClsLTj8okS5odbXuk8ZMBfu3JO9EeVVU9OyINO4qBZJhLTxWd&xmlId=0007201598 19 September 2022 129 1818-4464 857708665 117 https://www.ceci.org.tw/Resources/e-book/n129/index.html#p=117 Kaohsiung Cross-Harbor Tunnel is located at Container Terminal No. 3 in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung City. It cross through the main channel of Kaohsiung Port with a width of 440m and a water depth of 14m to the Chung-Hsin Commercial Harbor Area in the Chichin District on the opposite bank.
en December 31, 2024 Keoni Everington Taiwan's top New Year's Eve fireworks w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20250211092945/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6004473 https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/6004473 February 11, 2025 Entertainment https://archive.ph/V1Rau The Dream Mall in Cianjhen District will host the "Yiwu Starry Sea Voyage” featuring a 250-second fireworks display synchronized with Bruno Mars’s iconic song “Just the Way You Are.” Paired with the rainbow lighting of the Dream Mall Ferris wheel, the harbor fireworks will be displayed in three chapters that will culminate with hearts and smiley faces.
en 02/10/2025 Chang Yi-lien; Kay Liu Kaohsiung police identify remains of victims in suspected murders w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20250211083108/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202502100013 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202502100013 February 11, 2025 Society https://archive.ph/AzaNU The man surnamed Chang (zh 張) on Monday was taken back to his residence in Cianjhen District to clarify how the alleged murders took place after blood samples collected at his home last week matched DNA samples provided by family members of three previously reported missing women.
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Translations
district in southern Taiwan
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 前鎮 cin4 zan3
Hokkien: nan-hbl 前鎮 Chiân-tìn
Mandarin: cmn 前鎮 Qiánzhèn
Japanese: ja 前鎮 senchin
Korean: ko 전진 (前鎮) jeonjin
References
Further reading
Cianjhen, Chienchen, Qianzhen
en 2-syllable words