Shihlin

Borrowed from Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín) Wade–Giles romanization: Shih⁴-lin².

Shihlin

1. Alternative form of Shilin
   • 1983, Shen, James C. H., “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:

     My first meeting with Madame Chiang Kai-shek, however, was hardly a reassuring one. One day, shortly after I had joined the President's staff, I was asked to see her at their residence in Shihlin (Scholars' Woods) on the outskirts of Taipei.

   • 1994 July, Storey, Robert, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 152, column 1:

     Tienmu (usually misspelled ‘Tienmou’), is not exactly a renowned tourist attraction. Rather, you might think of it as the foreigners’ ghetto in the Shihlin district of northern Taipei.

   • 2006, Li, Laura Tyson, “The Resurrection”, in Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China's Eternal First Lady‎, First edition, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 341:

     The Wednesday afternoon ladies' prayer group, which met at the presidential residence in Shihlin, became a tradition that lasted decades.

   • 2009 January 1, Information Management Office (資訊管理室), “TAIPEI CITY TO HAVE 8 CONSTITUENCIES FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS”, in Yangmingshan National Park‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2022:

     The second constituency will be comprised of Tatung district and 38 boroughs in the Shihlin district; the third constituency will include the Chungshan district and 20 boroughs in the Sungshan district.

   • 2020 May 26, “Eslite to close Shihlin outlet at end of May”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 04 June 2020, Business‎:

     Eslite Spectrum Corp., which runs the popular Eslite bookstore chain in Taiwan, said Tuesday that it will close a store located in Shihlin District of Taipei by the end of May.

   • 2021 December 18, Hsu, Crystal, “Taipei 101 still the ‘King of the Land’”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 December 2021, Business, page 12‎:

     Shihlin District (士林) saw its land value rise 2.26 percent, as it remains affected by a lack of domestic and international tourists, officials said.

   • 2022 June 14, Everington, Keoni, “Photo of the Day: Supermoon coming to Taiwan tonight”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 14 June 2022, Photo of the Day‎:

     The Taipei Astronomical Museum, which is situated in Taipei City's Shihlin District, posted this photo on its website of a supermoon climbing over Taipei 101 to announce the arrival of the astronomical phenomenon.

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

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihlin”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Shihlin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2899, column 1