Xindian
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Hsintien
- (from Tongyong Pinyin) Sindian
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新店 (Xīndiàn).
Proper noun
Xindian
- A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2018 August 13, Horton, Chris, “Hospital Blaze in Taiwan Kills 9 and Injures Dozens”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-13, Asia Pacific:
- In July 2016, a fire in a retirement home in New Taipei’s Xindian District killed six people and injured 28.
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References
- Ma, Zhenglin (1985), “Appendix 7.1: Transliteration Glossary of Place Names in Taiwan”, in Victor F.S. Sit, editor, Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208: “Hanyu Pinyin/Common English Name used in Taiwan/Chinese Characters […] Xindian/Hsintien/新店”
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