Sinbei

English

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新北 (Xīnběi).

Proper noun

Sinbei

1. Synonym of New Taipei.
   • 2009 December 7, Ko Shu-ling, “Chou calls on KMT to focus on 2010 polls”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 16, 2009, Front Page, page 1‎^[2]:

     The five municipalities holding elections next December are Taipei City, Taipei County — which will be upgraded and renamed Sinbei City (新北市) — and a merged Taichung County and City, Tainan County and City, and Kaohsiung County and City.
     Chou, who early last month said he would run for the top job of Sinbei City, said yesterday the KMT should begin preparing for primaries as soon as possible, preferably after the Lunar New Year.

   • 2010 March 4, “Ex-premier Su eyes Taipei mayor's post”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 17, 2024:

     Su, 63, is a former two-term magistrate of Taipei county, which will be upgraded and renamed the city of Sinbei by the end of this year.

   • 2010 November 27, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan pro-China party holds edge in mayoral races”, in Andrew Marshall, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on December 17, 2024:

     The KMT won second four-year terms in Taipei and Sinbei, the island's two largest cities, and in the central city of Taichung. The anti-China opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held the southern cities of Kaohsiung and Tainan.

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