汐止

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Chinese

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night tides; evening ebbtide to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (汐止)
simp. #(汐止)
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 汐止(しおどめ) (shiodome, literally Shiodome), a calque of Hokkien 水返腳水返脚 or 水轉腳水转脚 (Chúi-tńg-kha), the earlier name.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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汐止

  1. (, formerly , ) Xizhi, Sijhih, Hsichih (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Descendants

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  • English: Hsichih, Sijhih, Xizhi