Xizhi

See also: xīzhī, xīzhǐ, and xìzhì

English

Alternative forms

• Hsichih (Wade–Giles)
• Sijhih (Tongyong Pinyin)
• Shihchih

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汐止 (Xìzhǐ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēʹjûʹ

Proper noun

Xizhi

1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 1990, Jules Nadeau, “The United Bamboo triad: disgrace of a nation”, in Twenty Million Chinese "Made in Taiwan"‎^[1], Montréal Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 272:

     Few people know about Du Yuesheng’s monument, situated in the picturesque village of Xizhi, not far from Taipei. The huge arch of grey stone is quite imposing. Its four-character inscription praises the dead man’s “loyalty” and “personal integrity,” and even proudly lists the names of his children!

   • 2014 June 6, Carol Zhong, “TRLPC -Taiwan: Farglory meets with lenders as chairman faces bribery charges”, in Jacqueline Poh, Prakash Chakravarti, editors, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 03 March 2023, FINANCIALS‎^[3]:

     Sources said the company has only met with lenders on a NT$12bn five-year financing from August 2011 for a commercial building project in New Taipei City’s Xizhi District.

   • 2019 April 19, John Feng, “Brave nurses launch daring rescue op to protect newborn babies during earthquake”, in Daily Mirror‎^[4], archived from the original on 19 April 2019‎^[5]:

     In the video, the facility in Xizhi District in North Taiwan’s New Taipei City can be seen hoisting around a dozen newborn babies, each in their own cot, when the room starts to shake.

   • [2022 October 17, “CEOC Reports 268 Incidents as Rain Batter Island”, in International Community Radio Taipei‎^[6], archived from the original on 03 March 2023, Realtime News‎^[7]:

     Those incidents included a landslide at the entrance of the An-Tai Tunnel in Taipei's Neihu District, a landslide in New Taipei's Xi-Zhi District that resulted in the evacuation of 100 people from housing in the area.]

   • 2023 February 14, Keoni Everington, “Prison escapee caught in New Taipei internet cafe”, in Taiwan News‎^[8], archived from the original on 15 February 2023, Society‎^[9]:

     Instead of buying a ticket to Hualien, Lu appeared to purchase a ticket to New Taipei City's Xizhi District.
     At 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, police were able to pinpoint Lu's location to an internet cafe in Xizhi, reported UDN.

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

Synonyms

• (from Japanese) Shiodome

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汐止 (zh) (Xīzhǐ, Xìzhǐ)

Further reading

• Xizhi, Sijhih, Hsichih, Hsi-chih, Shihchih, Shiodome at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.