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Meaning of Tsoying | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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“§325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part: (a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation:[…] Pingtung, Taiwan China.[…] Taichung, Taiwan, China.[…] Tsoying, Taiwan, China.”
“IN A SAIL LOFT two native women repair canvas rigging for Chinese navy, which maintains several bases on Formosa. These women at the base at Tsoying cover their faces and arms to keep skin soft in heat of the workshop.”
“TSOYING, Formosa, July 8 -- Chinese Nationalist leathernecks and frogmen are being taught here the art and the science of modern warfare.”
“Plans were made at a conference in Tsoying with representatives present from ICA, Chinese Navy, MAAG and other organizations to submit to U.S. Army Engineers' District Office in Okinawa estimates for an extensive improvement of the water supply for the Tsoying Naval base and the City of Tsoying.”
“Earlier, Stromberg-Carlson had received another contract that provided a 1600 line XY switchboard for the Nationalist Chinese Navy to be used at its headquarters at Tsoying, near Kaoshiung in Southern Formosa.”
“Well within the range of its lenses however were special assault troops, storming up through the surf of a beach near Tsoying—simulating the return to the mainland to which Chiang was committed.”
“In 1967, at the request of General Yu, Commandant of the Nationalist Chinese Marine Corps, Burroughs was asked to come to Tsoying, Taiwan and assist their Marine Band in arranging for new instruments and a band library.”
“The Spring and Autumn Pavilions by the lakeside at Tsoying in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s southern port city, are a favorite subject for photographers.”

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“In the suburb of Tsoying (zuǒyíng) are two magnificent temples within a 10-minute walk of each other. Both are on the shore of a lake. The Spring Autumn Temple (chūn qiū gé) has a unique design and includes two pagodas that extend into the lake.[…] Close to Tsoying in the northern area of Kaohsiung is the Fine Arts Museum (☏ 5830651), Taiwan’s newest and largest. Displays here are changed regularly.”
“As China threatens to attack Taiwan if it does not begin reunification talks soon, a visit to Taiwan's main naval base at Tsoying, just north of the big port of Kaohsiung on the island's southwest coast, provides an important perspective on the standoff between Taipei and Beijing.”
“The festival is closely tied to southern Taiwan's history and takes its name, Wannian, from the old name of the Tsoying District, which under the administration of Koxinga (鄭成功) in the 1660s, was designated Wannian County.”
“Colonel Sun translates for Minister Yao and relays the minister’s reply. “Minister Yao advises that ROC Marine Corps headquarters is on the Naval Station at Tsoying, near Kaosiung, on the southwest coast. He suggests you do the Four Ninety-ninth wing this morning and the Marine headquarters this afternoon. It will take you about an hour to reach Tsoying by helicopter from Hsinchu. He just ordered General Peng to arrange meetings with the Navy and Marines at Tsoying, and transportation. From there we will go to Army headquarters at Hualien-T'aitung.””
“The report also mentions the Sea Dragon and Sea Tiger, two submarines acquired from the Netherlands and refitted at Tsoying in southern Taiwan. The two subs carry UGM-84L Harpoon anti-ship missiles purchased from the United States in 2008.”
“The missile was fired during a drill at about 8.10am local time (0010 GMT) from a 500-tonne missile ship docked at a naval base in the southern city of Tsoying and flew in the direction of China. Helicopters and navy ships were sent to search for the missile, Mei said, adding that the military had reported the gaffe to the island’s top security body, the national security conference.”
“The missile was fired during a drill from a 500-ton missile ship docked at a naval base in the southern city of Tsoying and flew in the direction of China”
“During a visit to the navy’s main base in Tsoying, also spelled Zuoying, Tsai oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of submarines.”
“Real estate items auctioned off this time included: 3 plots of land in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, which the Taipei branch auctioned off around NT$12,190,000; 2 plots of land in Toufen Township, Miaoli County, which the Hsinchu branch auctioned off NT$8,770,000; 1 plot of land and 2 buildings in Dali District, Taichung City, which the Taichung branch auctioned off around NT$9,830,000; 1 plot of land and 2 buildings in Nantzu District, Kaohsiung, and 7 buildings in the city’s Tsoying District, which the Kaohsiung branch auctioned off NT$4,110,000 and NT$59,350,000, respectively.”
“The Rui Feng Night Market is now arguably the most popular and busiest in Kaohsiung. It’s located in the north part of the city in the Tsoying district.”
“The participants consisted of tenants residing in nine administrative districts (Cianjhen, Tsoying, Sanmin, Lingya, Cianjin, Sinsing, Yancheng, Fongshan, and Gushan) in Kaohsiung City.”
“Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Tuesday said that the government is assessing the possibility of extending the high-speed rail line from Kaohsiung’s Tsoying District (左營) to Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (潮州).”
“Notable submarine bases in, or just outside of, the first island chain include Tsoying Naval Base (左營海軍基地), where the ROC Navy bases two Chien Lung-Class submarines and two (much older) Hai Shih-class submarines;”
“On January 1, 1990, the MD 500-ASW helicopter with tail number 6906, under the command of former ROCN Commander-in-Chief Admiral Chung-Lien Ku (then Vice Admiral), crashed into the sea off Tsoying.[…] On the evening of October 19, 2005, the S-70, tail number 2316, which was doing joint training with the I (PFG-1107) ROCS Tzu frigate, crashed into the sea off Tsoying with its three crew.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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