Meanings
alternative Hsin-shih · alternative Hsinshih · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Xinshi
- A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
The Sinshih Interchange is situated in the southern outskirts of Sinshih Township, where Fwy No. 8 crosses Hwy No. 1 and the west side of the Cross-island Railway.
New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway
2005, Shih-Sheng 邱士生 Chiu, 飛閱台灣新動脈:第二高速公路空中攝影專輯(再版) [New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway], →ISBN, →OCLC4 more examples
Figure 12.3 is a map of the Tainan metropolitan area, which shows that the HSR station is located in a suburban area to the southeast of the downtown core. The science park (not shown on the map) is located in the middle of the Sinshih Township in the northeast.
2010, David Emanuel Andersson, Oliver F. Shyr, edited by M. Bruna Zolin, Current Issues in Economic Integration: Can Asia Inspire the 'West'?, published 2016, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234Tens of residential buildings settled or tilted due to soil liquefaction in the Annan district, Sinshih district, and Guanmiao district which drew considerable attention of Taiwanese people. The embankment of the Freeway #3 in the Shanhua District was sliding failure because of soil liquefaction.
2017, B. R. Wu, M. W. Huang, S. S. Ke, W. S. Lee, “Mesh-based soil liquefaction analysis for emergency response-case study of the Meinong earthquake in Taiwan”, in 16th World Conference on Earthquake, Santiago, Chile, archived from the original on 31 May 2021, page 6The company, which makes electronic devices for the fitness, automotive, boating and other markets, recently received approval for registration of a new plant in Tainan’s Sinshih District, the Taipei Times reports. The plant represents an investment of approximately $324 million and will generate annual production value of more than $1.8 billion, according to the publication. The new facility will hire 1,000 initially and its workforce could increase to more than 7,500, according to information from the Tainan City Economic Development Bureau.
2021 October 4, Brian Kaberline, “Garmin's new Taiwan plant could double production”, in American City Business Journals, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2021Property prices in 10 Taiwan districts where TSMC has factories have surged by over 20% since 2020, with Baoshan Township in Hsinchu and Sinshih District in Tainan leading the growth.[…] Among the 10 districts hosting TSMC factories, Sinshih in Tainan has seen the most remarkable rise in property prices. The growth of the Tainan Science Park has attracted a significant number of high-income tech workers to Sinshih, leading to a surge in property prices.
2024 October 19, Charlotte Lee, “TSMC factory expansions fuel Taiwan property values”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2024, Business
Origin
- MandarinSinshìh
- EnglishSinshih
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Sinshìh.
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 新市
- 新市 (san¹ si⁵)district in south Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 新市
- 新市 (Xīnshì)district in south Taiwan
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Sinshih. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinshih
“Sinshih.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinshih. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinshih,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinshih.
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