Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Xindian.
The lake is adjacent to the town of Hsintien (xīndiàn), which can be reached easily from Taipei.
1994 July, Robert Storey, “Taipei - Things to See & Do”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148, column 14 more examples
Counting in the company’s existing facilities at Hsintien in suburban Taipei, where 2,000 people are employed, Yue Loong will be able to produce 260,000 sedans a year, ranging from 1200cc to 2400cc in engine displacements and light trucks by 1985, Mrs. Yen estimated.
Free China Weekly
1980 October 19, “Yue Loong achieves first car exports”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXI, number 41, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4Two army soldiers detained for robbery and theft escaped from the maximum-security military penitentiary in Hsintien, Taipei County, yesterday evening.
2000 June 17, Irene Lin, “Two soldiers flee maximum-security Hsintien prison”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022, Local News, page 3In 1947 Chiang brought the successor of the Blue Shirts to Taiwan. The new agency blended law enforcement with counterespionage. Its headquarters in the Hsintien suburb of Taipei became a feared place, where opponents of the government were interrogated with cruel techniques.
2001, Robert Green, “A Republic in Exile”, in Taiwan, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59According to media reports, officers from the Keelung City Field Office, Maritime Affairs Field Division lost the haul while it was being delivered to a^([sic]) investigative laboratory in Hsintien District, New Taipei City, in November last year, but the incident was not reported to head office until sometime last week.
2020 November 16, Phillip Charlier, “Investigation Bureau loses 6.5 kilograms of amphetamines”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2020
Origin
- Mandarin新店
- EnglishHsintien
Borrowed from Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-tien⁴.
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Hsintien. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hsintien
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