How do you pronounce kaohsiung?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/.

Where does kaohsiung come from?

It is traced to Japanese. First known use: First attested in late 1945.

kaohsiung

/ˌkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: Kao-hsiung
IPA: /ˌkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

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A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.

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A former county of Taiwan.

Example Sentences

"Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war."
"The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported."
"Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport."
"The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing."
"On Friday, three months after she moved in, Ms. Huang was feeling grateful not to be among the dead after a fire tore through the partly abandoned 13-story mixed-used building on Thursday night in the southern port city of Kaohsiung."
"Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening"."

Etymology

Borrowed from Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 高雄 (Kao¹-hsiung²), from Japanese 高雄 (Takao) (whence also Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (whence also Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). First attested in late 1945.

Origin

Source language: Japanese
First known use: First attested in late 1945

Word Breakdown

Root: 高雄, 打狗, takau

Inflected Forms

Kao Hsiung (alternative, also) Kao-hsiung (alternative, also) Gaosyong (alternative) Gaoxiong (alternative, Hanyu Pinyin) Kaohiung (alternative) Kaosiung (alternative)

Phrases

Kaohsiung on Wikiquote Kaohsiung on Wikivoyage

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