Shihting

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 石碇 (Shídìng), Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-ting⁴.

Proper noun

Shihting

1. Alternative form of Shiding.
   • 1989 Spring, Wu Chih-ho [吳智和], “The Culture of Tea”, in Asian Culture (Asian-Pacific Culture) Quarterly [亞洲文化]‎^[1], volume XVII, number 1, Taipei: Asian-Pacific Cultural Center, →ISSN, page 53, column 2:

     According to Yang I-nung (楊逸農), a present-day researcher, Chieh-yü K’eng is an earlier name for Fengtzu Lin (楓子林), in Shihting Hsiang, Taipei County.

   • 1991 March 1, “A Century Of Struggle With Land And Water”, in Taiwan Review‎^[2], archived from the original on September 02, 2024‎^[3]:

     Shihting township, in Taipei county, has a total area of 144 square kilometers, comprising thirteen villages and a population of slightly more than 7,000 people. It lies at the junction of two streams, about twenty kilometers southeast of Taipei city.

   • 1994, Free China Review‎^[4], volume 44, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63, column 1:

     Lee remembers one journey that was a nine-hour walk. They left Shihting at 6 a.m. and arrived in Ilan county, on the northeastern side of the island, at 3 p.m., just in time to set up the stage for the afternoon performance.

   • 1999 September 16, Irene Lin, “Man claims to have killed Peng Wan-ru”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2016, Front Page, page 1‎^[6]:

     Yesterday morning, around 6am, investigators thought they had made a breakthrough after police reported finding the body of a man who had apparently asphyxiated himself inside his taxi in Taipei County's Shihting (石碇) township.

   • 2004 November 28, “Taiwan Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 21, 2004, Taiwan News, page 4‎^[8]:

     Premier Yu Shyi-kun yesterday expressed the hope that the Peiyi Expressway project could be completed two months ahead of schedule. Construction work on the 31km Peiyi Expressway, which connects Shihting in Taipei County and Suao in the northeastern county of Ilan, is scheduled to be completed in December next year.

   • 2011 March, Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown, “Northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[9], 8th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 119, column 1:

     The latter roads run along steep mountainsides before dropping into Shihting (石碇; Shídìng).

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