Daxi

See also: daxi and dàxǐ

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 大溪 (Dàxī).

Proper noun

Daxi

  1. A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • 2011, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan‎, 3rd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, OCLC 777140887, page 122:
      At Cihu, near the town of Daxi, 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is "temporary," as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.

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References
  1. Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015), “Transliteration Tables”, in , Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, page 435: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Tahsi (Tak'ok'an, Tōakhokhām) / Daxi / 大溪（大嵙崁）”
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