Hsinchu

See also: Hsin-chu

English

新竹市政府
HSINCHU CITY GOVERNMENT

Alternative forms

• Hsin-chu (also from Wade–Giles)
• Sinchu (Postal Romanization)
• Sinjhu (Tongyong Pinyin)
• Xinzhu (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 新竹 (Hsin¹-chu²).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shĭnʹjo͞oʹ

Proper noun

Hsinchu

1. A city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.
   • 1895, George G. Chisholm, editor, Formosa (Longmans' Gazetteer of the World)‎^[1], Longmans, Green, and Co., page 538:

     A railway has been constructed from Kelung to Hsinchu near the W. ct., in 24° 50'N., and its continuation to Tainan is projected.

   • 1903, James W. Davidson, editor, The Island of Formosa Past and Present‎^[2], page 331:

     Now that the Imperial Body Guard was to be principally engaged to the south of Teckcham (Hsinchu) H.I.H. Prince Kitashirakawa removed his headquarters from Taipeh to Teckcham on the 31st of July. The arrival of His Highness was quite an event for the Teckham Chinese, and they turned out in large numbers at the station to welcome him.

   • 1912 January 19, “Imperial Taiwan Railways”, in Railway Age Gazette‎^[3], volume 52, number 3, New York, page 94:

     The removal of the capital of the island of Formosa from Tainanfu, on the coast, to Taipeh, gave Governor Liu Ming Chuan an excuse to construct a railway between the capital and the coast in spite of the opposition in Peking. In 1889 a twelve-mile line connecting Tuatutia and Saitingka was opened to traffic. The work was continued until 1893, at which time 62 miles were opened to traffic between Hsinchu and the northern port of Keelung. At this period the Peking government issued an order to suspend further construction work. All the collieries were closed, and, with the exception of passenger traffic there was little activity in transportation.

   • 1947 April 18, John Leighton Stuart, Memorandum on the Situation in Taiwan (United States Relations with China With Special Reference to the Period 1944-1949)‎^[4], number 169, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 929:

     On the night of March 2, word reached Taipei that the Governor actually had attempted to get troops to the city. Citizens near Hsinchu city, however, were reported to have halted the troop carriers by removing rails from the main line.

   • 1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix:

     Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

   • 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123:

     The city of Hsinchu, the capital of Hsinchu County, is known for two things: its wet and windy weather and the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, the center of Taiwan's huge computer and electronics industry (see pp. 124-125).

   • 2019 April 14, “President Tsai attends Formosat-7 send-off ceremony”, in Office of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)‎^[6]:

     President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Hsinchu City to take part in send-off activities for the Formosat-7 satellite on the morning of April 14. In addition to commending the hard work and accomplishments of the entire research and development team over the years, President Tsai also hailed Formosat-7 as a milestone in promoting Taiwan's technological diplomacy, noting that she expects it will display the brilliance of Taiwan's aerospace technology on the international stage.

   • 2020 August 31, Tiffany May, “Girl in Taiwan Is Swept High by a Kite”, in The New York Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-31, ASIA PACIFIC‎^[8]:

     The girl, who was identified by news outlets only by her last name, Lin, landed mostly unscathed at the Hsinchu International Kite Festival. She suffered abrasions around her neck and face, the mayor of Hsinchu, Lin Chih-chien, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. She was admitted to a hospital for a medical examination, he said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsinchu.
2. A county in northern Taiwan.
   • 1880, Inspector General of Customs, Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports for the Year 1879‎^[9], Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General, →OCLC, page 181:

     The removal of the Prefect from Teukcham to Banka was what was required to consolidate the city, and when that occurred in May last, progress set in with vigour. With the Prefect's departure from Teukcham occurred a change in the name and constitution of that place. It ceased to be called Teukcham, receiving in place of this the name of Hsinchu, and being converted from a t'ing into a hsien. It is now known as Hsinchu-hsien (新竹縣).

   • 1980 March 23, “New fund to boost energy development”, in Free China Weekly‎^[10], volume XXI, number 11, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

     Offshore, CPC has completed drilling nine wells and is drilling two more. Five of the wells off the Hsinchu coast in northern Taiwan, produce 550 kiloliters of crude oil and 620,000 cubic meters of natural gas a day.

   • 1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family‎^[11], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix:

     Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

   • 2020 September 23, “Taiwan offers Japan endangered rhino to help save species”, in The Japan Times‎^[12]:

     Emma was bred at the Leofoo Safari Park in Hsinchu County, northwestern Taiwan. Since the park brought eight white rhinos from Africa in 1979, their numbers have grown to 23.

   • 2022 March 15, William Yang, “Taiwan's military tests new capabilities to deter China threat”, in Wesley Rahn, editor, Deutsche Welle‎^[13], archived from the original on 2022-03-15, Asia‎^[14]:

     Taiwan's army is also expected to carry out live-fire drills in Hsinchu county as well as several offshore islands.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsinchu.

Synonyms

• (from Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Sin-tek

Translations

a city in northern Taiwan; a county in northern Taiwan

• Arabic: شِينْجُو m (šinjū), شِينْتْشُو m (šintšū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新竹 (san¹ zuk¹)

  Hokkien: 竹塹／竹堑 (Tek-chhàm), 新竹 (Sin-tek)

  Mandarin: 新竹 (zh) (Xīnzhú)

• Japanese: 新竹 (ja) (しんちく, Shinchiku)
• Korean: 신주(新竹) (ko) (Sinju)
• Russian: Синьчжу́ m (Sinʹčžú)
• Vietnamese: Tân Trúc (新竹)

Further reading

• Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Sinchu, Xinzhu at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hsinchu or Sinchu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[15], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1319, column 2

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃint.ʃu/

Proper noun

Hsinchu ?

1. Hsinchu (a city northern Taiwan)