Sanzhi

English

Alternative forms

• Sanchih (Wade–Giles)
• Sanjhih (Tongyong Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三芝 (Sānzhī).

Proper noun

Sanzhi

1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 2020 July 30, Jonathan Kandell, “Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies at 97”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-30‎^[2]:

     Lee Teng-hui was born on Jan. 15, 1923, in Sanzhi, a rural village on the outskirts of Taipei.

   • 2020 July 31, Sean Lin, Sherry Hsiao, “‘Mr Democracy’ a man for his time”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-01, Front Page, page 1‎^[4]:

     Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), who was born on Jan. 15, 1923, in the farming community of Sanshi Village, Taihoku Prefecture — now New Taipei City’s Sanzhi District (三芝) — during the Japanese colonial era, and rose to become mayor of Taipei and not only the Republic of China’s (ROC) first Taiwan-born president, but its first directly elected one as well.

   • 2023 October 30, Keoni Everington, “Defense ministry confirms New Taipei Naval base hardened against nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack”, in Taiwan News‎^[5], archived from the original on November 14, 2023, Politics‎^[6]:

     On Monday (Oct. 30), RW News cited sources familiar with the matter as saying the Navy has already completed a base in New Taipei City's Sanzhi District that can withstand HEMP attacks. […]
     If China was to launch a HEMP attack, the base in Sanzhi would probably still be able to command the launch of Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile launchers in northern coastal areas, as well as shore-based Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The firing of such missiles would prevent PLA Navy (PLAN) ships from entering the northern and northeastern waters of the Taiwan Strait.
     When asked to confirm that a new base has been built in Sanzhi District to withstand a HEMP attack, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) on Monday (Oct. 30) said the work was part of an ongoing project, reported Liberty Times.

Translations

district in northern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 三芝 (Sam-chi)

  Mandarin: 三芝 (zh) (Sānzhī)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Sanzhi, Sanchih, San-chih at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.