Xindian

English

Alternative forms

• Hsintien (Wade–Giles)
• Sindian (Tongyong Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪnˈdiæn/, /ʃin-/, /-ˈdiɛn/

Proper noun

Xindian

1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 2015 October 29, Samuel Chan, Clifford Lo, “Taiwan-Hong Kong police story: inside the secret joint operation to rescue the wealthy businessman kidnapped by the world's most notorious triad”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 29, 2015, Hong Kong/Law and Crime‎^[3]:

     "All of them were only carrying out orders," Tsai I-hsueh, a detective from New Taipei City's Xindian district in charge of the investigation, told the . "We are still investigating the motive and the whereabouts of any mastermind."

   • 2018 August 13, Chris Horton, “Hospital Blaze in Taiwan Kills 9 and Injures Dozens”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-13, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     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^[6], archived from the original on 03 August 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[7]:

     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.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新店 (zh) (Xīndiàn)

Further reading

• Xindian, Hsin-tien, Hsintien, Sindian at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.