Beitouとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Peitou (Wade–Giles)

語源

From Mandarin 北投 (Běitóu).

発音

• enPR: bāʹtōʹ

固有名詞

Beitou

1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 2017 May 29, “Pro-Beijing activist held over vandalized colonial era statues in Taipei”, in South China Morning Post‎, sourced from Kyodo, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 29, 2017, Policies & Politics‎:

     Stone lion-dog statues dating back to the Japanese colonial period were vandalised in Taipei over the weekend by the same pro-mainland China activist who last month beheaded a statue symbolising the island’s colonial past, Taiwanese media reported on Monday.
     The Central News Agency said former Taipei City councillor Lee Cheng-lung and a female accomplice were arrested on the spot on Sunday night on suspicion of attacking the century-old statues with hammers.
     The statues, located at the entrance to Yixian Elementary School in the capital’s Beitou district, are now partially missing their front legs.

   • 2020 June 1, Beitou District Office, Taipei City, “About Beitou District”, in Taipei City Government‎, archived from the original on June 30, 2020, Administrative Districts‎:

     Beitou is a nice place of Taipei and is the best of the best. It is the new hometown of hot springs known throughout the world. It is also a tourist attraction located in the suburb of Taipei with a land area of 56.82 square kilometers. […] Yangmingshan Valley is green and lovely; Guandu wet land provides a wonderful spot for watching birds; Hot spring baths offer a comfortable and refreshing experience. They all indicate the unique natural resources and various traditional activities that Beitou District boasts, making it the best choice for tourists home and abroad.

   • 2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 22 November 2023, Commodities‎:

     The 3.1 magnitude quake shook buildings in Taipei. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.

参照

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Peitou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2393, column 1