| Yanshui River | |
|---|---|
Yanshui River seen from Anping, with the Taijiang National Park on the other side. | |
  Yanshui River in Taiwan | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| River mouth | Taiwan Strait: Anping District/Annan District 23°00′14″N120°09′00″E / 23.004°N 120.15°E Coordinates: 23°00′14″N120°09′00″E / 23.004°N 120.15°E |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 343 km2 (132 sq mi) |
| Landmarks | Taijiang National Park |
The Yanshui River (Chinese :鹽水溪; Hanyu Pinyin :Yánshuǐ Xī; Tongyong Pinyin :Yánshuěi Si; Pe̍h-ōe-jī :Kiâm-chuí-khe) is a river in southern Taiwan. It flows through Tainan City for about 41.3 km. [1] [2] The wetlands at the river mouth fall partly in the Taijiang National Park. [3]
Traditional Chinese characters are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. They are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong and Macau, and in the Kangxi Dictionary. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century.
Hanyu Pinyin, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan. It is often used to teach Standard Mandarin Chinese, which is normally written using Chinese characters. The system includes four diacritics denoting tones. Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the Latin alphabet, and also in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters.
Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. Taiwan's Ministry of Education approved the system in 2002, but its use was optional. Since January 1, 2009, Tongyong Pinyin has no longer been official because of the Ministry of Education's approval of Hanyu Pinyin on September 16, 2008.
