Xindian
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪnˈdiæn/, /ʃin-/, /-ˈdiɛn/
Proper noun
Xindian
- A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2018 August 13, Chris Horton, “Hospital Blaze in Taiwan Kills 9 and Injures Dozens”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-13, Asia Pacific:
- In July 2016, a fire in a retirement home in New Taipei’s Xindian District killed six people and injured 28.
- 2022 August 3, Sarah Wu, “Bookstore owner to ask Pelosi to help Hong Kongers at Taipei meeting”, in Anne Marie Roantree, Lincoln Feast, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 03 August 2022, Asia Pacific:
- An invitation Lam said he received from the American Institute in Taiwan, the United States de facto embassy, lists the National Human Rights Museum in Xindian, New Taipei City, as the location for a meeting. Pelosi is not specifically mentioned in the invitation.
References
- Ma, Zhenglin (1985) “Appendix 7.1: Transliteration Glossary of Place Names in Taiwan”, in Victor F.S. Sit, editor, Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208: “Hanyu Pinyin/Common English Name used in Taiwan/Chinese Characters […] Xindian/Hsintien/新店”
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