Kaohsiung

American

[gou-shyoong] / ˈgaʊˈʃjʊŋ /

(Pinyin) Gaoxiong

noun

Wade-Giles.

a seaport on southwestern Taiwan.

Kaohsiung British

/ ˈkaʊˈʃjʊŋ /

noun

Japanese name: Takao. a port in SW Taiwan, on the South China Sea: the chief port of the island. Pop: 1 506 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Kaohsiung

Born in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, Tai has been struggling with injuries since last year and unable to return to the international circuit.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

In 1987, Taiwan’s president, Lee Teng-hui, offered to release the so-called Kaohsiung Incident prisoners, but Mr. Shih refused.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

Liu and six other officers were charged in January by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office's Kaohsiung branch.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023

Taiwan’s fire department reported 190 injuries, most of them in cities along the west coast, including Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

President Tsai Ing-wen, who initiated the plan when she took office in 2016, showed off the first of eight new submarines on Thursday in the southern city of Kaohsiung.

From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023