Lucao

See also: lúcǎo

English

Alternative forms

• Lutsao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 鹿草 (Lùcǎo).

Proper noun

Lucao

1. A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
   • 2008 January 28, Ralph Jennings, “No ratatouille on Taiwan menu, but plenty of rat”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2023, Entertainment News‎^[2]:

     The rats grow up on crops from fields surrounding the 18,000-population village of Lucao in Chiayi county -- which means they are not dirty rats from sewers, Lin said.

   • 2019 September 2, Keoni Everington, “Daughter of Vietnamese immigrant receives desk after testing into top Taiwan school”, in Taiwan News‎^[3], archived from the original on September 03, 2019, New Immigrants‎^[4]:

     On Sunday (Sept. 1), local media outlets reported that a female student surnamed Huang (黃) lived in a tiny ramshackle hut only 7 ping (one ping equals 3.5 square meters) in size in Chiayi County's Lucao Township, and had no desk of her own, usually opting to study under a tree.

Translations

rural township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹿草 (zh) (Lùcǎo)