Tan-shui

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Tan-shui

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From Mandarin 淡水 (Dànshuǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan⁴-shui³.

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Synonym of Tamsui. Taipei lies on the east bank of the Tan-shui river between the mouths of two of its tributaries, the Hsin-tien and the Chi-lung. These rivers drain a fertile and humid basin surrounded by mountains on all sides but the northwest, where the Tan-shui flows into the Taiwan Straits facing the mainland.
Similar: Tamsui

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@misc{tan_shui_2026,
  title = {Tan-shui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tan-shui},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}