(literary) a small boat, so named because its shape resembles a grasshopper; also called a [[舴艋舟|舴艋舟|ze2 meng3 zhou1]]

a small boat resembling the shape of a grasshopper

The historical name for Taipei's oldest district, [[万华|萬華|wan4 hua2]]. The name is a transliteration of the Ketagalan word for canoe, as many canoes gathered there for trade. It was renamed during the Japanese occupation using the phonetic equivalent [[万华|萬華|wan4 hua2]].