Ruifang

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rwā′fäng′[2]
  • Hyphenation: Rui‧fang

Proper noun

Ruifang

  1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
    • 2017 November 9, Thomas Bird, “Taiwan’s northern tip: weird nature, wonderful street food”, in South China Morning Post‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 November 2017, Travel‎[4]:
      Along the Pingxi Branch Line that departs from Ruifang, an unremarkable market town to the southeast of Keelung City that grew up as a railway junction during the mining boom of the early 20th century, runs an old locomotive, its no-frills carriages connected by traditional round doors.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015), “Transliteration Tables”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎[1], Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 431: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Juifang / Ruifang / 瑞芳”
  2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Juian or Jui-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 888, column 1
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