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Taichung

American  
[tahy-joong] / ˈtaɪˈdʒʊŋ /
(Pinyin) Taizhong

noun

Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.


Taichung British  
/ ˈtaɪˈtʃʊŋ /

noun

  1. a city in W Taiwan: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 1 066 000 (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

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His holdings have quadrupled in value, and he recently bought a four-bedroom apartment in Taichung, Taiwan, for roughly $440,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Liu started Giant in 1972 in his hometown of Taichung, a manufacturing hub in central Taiwan, making bikes for overseas brands before the company got its own label in 1981.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

The day before the military rehearsed pushing back enemy troops on the streets of Taichung city, and turned a high school in Taoyuan into a battle tank repair station.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2025

Chang Chih-yuan moved to Taichung, a city in central Taiwan, at age 4 and served in Taiwan’s military.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

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

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