Hsiyin

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 西引 (Xīyǐn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-yin³.

Proper noun

Hsiyin

1. Alternative form of Xiyin
   • 1962, DeWitt S. Copp, “The Mudcats”, in The Odd Day‎^[1], William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 67:

     "Way up here," Kueffer pointed thirty miles further north of the Matsus, "are two more islands we hold but, technically, although they're administered from here, they aren't part of this complex." He tapped the names on the map: Tungyin and Hsiyin.

   • 1985, 勝利之光‎^[2], 新中國出版社, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 1:

     […] and Hsiyin, together with a handful of uninhabited islets.
     Matsu's chain of islands form part of the offshore territory of Fukien province's Lienkiang county.

   • 1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 323–324:

     This northernmost outpost of the Matsu archipelago is a remote place that sees few visitors. The largest island in the township is Tungyin (dōngyǐn) and to the west of that is Hsiyin (xīyǐn). Between the two is a barely habitable rock called Chungchu Island (zhōngzhù dǎo).

   • 2000 May, Keyuan Zou, “Redefining the Legal I Status of the Taiwan Strait”, in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law‎^[4], volume 15, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 247:

     The main island of the complex is Nankan, more commonly known as Mazu, from the name of the major port of the island. It is 114 nautical miles north-west of Keelung, the port city on the northern tip of Taiwan, and is the same distance north of the Jinmen Islands. Other major islands of the group are Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungyin, Hsiyin, Tungchu and Hsichu.

   • 2013, Huei-Ping Shen et al., “Five new earthworm species of the genera Amynthas and Metaphire (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Matsu, Taiwan”, in Journal of Natural History‎^[5], published 2014, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 504:

     The name hsiyinensis is given to this species with reference to its type locality in Hsiyin, Matsu.

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

Descendants

• Translingual: Amynthas hsiyinensis