Qidu
English
Alternative forms
- Ch'i-tu, Chitu (Wade–Giles)
Pronunciation
- enPR: chēʹdo͞oʹ[1]
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin[2] romanization of the Mandarin 七堵 (Qīdǔ).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Qidu
- A district of Keelung, Taiwan.
- 2017 February 8, “CDC confirms 16 cases of latent tuberculosis in Keelung”, in Focus Taiwan[4], archived from the original on 09 February 2017, Society[5]:
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed on Wednesday that 16 people working for a cargo and freight company in Keelung's Qidu District have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but reassured the public that the disease is not contagious.
- 2022 March 10, George Liao, “Man charged for growing marijuana in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News[6], archived from the original on 10 March 2022, Society[7]:
- A man surnamed Chen (陳) on Wednesday (March 9) was charged with growing marijuana at his residence in Qidu District, Keelung City.
- 2024 April 12, “New type of aquatic firefly discovered in Keelung”, in Taipei Times[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 September 2024, Taiwan News, page 3[9]:
- He said that this, and the discovery of the new firefly species, shows that Keelung has a good natural habitat and clean water supply, particularly in Nuannuan and Qidu districts.
He added that in addition to the new species found in Nuannuan, during a survey conducted in five different parts of Keelung as part of the project, the highest number of fireflies were found in the Youruei (友蚋) area of Qidu District (七堵).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Qidu.
Translations
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 七都 (Qīdū).
Proper noun
Qidu
- A town in Wujiang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- 2023 May 21, “China’s traditional Kunqu Opera brings puppetry to life”, in South China Morning Post[10], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 August 2023[11]:
- Puppeteers perform a Kunqu Opera play in Qidu Town in Wujiang District of Suzhou City, China.
Translations
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chitu or Ch’i-tu”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 402, column 1
- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[2], 2006, archived from the original on 1 October 2006[3]:
- This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 七堵區 / Qidu / Qīdǔ / Cidu / Chitu