Hukou

See also: hukou, húkǒu, and hùkǒu

English

Etymology

From the Mandarin 湖みずうみ口こう (Húkǒu).

Proper noun

Hukou

1. A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
   • 2020 September 8, Huizhong Wu, “VIRUS DIARY: One midnight moment in Taiwan’s virus battle”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 05, 2024‎^[2]:

     Taxis arrive to pick up passengers cleared to leave the centralized quarantine facility in Hukou township in Hsinchu county in Northern Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.

   • 2023 July 17, Keoni Everington, “Migrant worker stabs cop, compatriot in north Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-07-17, Society‎^[4]:

     Police tracked down a 32-year-old wanted man, surnamed Dang (鄧), to a dormitory in Hsinchu County's Hukou Township, reported TVBS.

   • 2023 September 6, Matt Yu, Joseph Yeh, “DEFENSE/Taiwan military to showcase new Indian Challenger motorcycles at base opening”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 September 2023, Politics‎^[6]:

     According to the MNA, the Taipei-based 202nd Military Police Command's Quick Response Company will showcase its new Indian Challenger motorcycles at the Sept. 24 opening of the army base in Hukou Township, Hsinchu County.

Translations

rural township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湖みずうみ口こう (zh) (Húkǒu)

Further reading

• Hukou, Hu-kou, Hu-k'ou at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.