Meanings
- A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Lishi District 离石区 in Lüliang and Xiaodian District 小店区 in Taiyuan had a strikingly high percentage of young population, around 60 percent.
华北地区
2018, Fenggang Yang, “North China [华北地区]”, in Atlas of Religion in China: Social and Geographical Contexts, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90, column 12 more examples
In the early Ming Dynasty, Pingjin county seat (its ruin is located near the Chengxi Village of Xiaodian District) was severely flooded, then the county office had to move onto the ruin of the Ancient Jinyang City of Fenxi and changed back to the old name of Taiyuan County at the 8th Year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1375).
Ancient Taiyuan County
2006, 姚富生 [Yao Fusheng], editor, 古太原县城 [Ancient Taiyuan County], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 7–8In the retail sector, Wal-Mart opened its 44th Chinese store in the city in 2005. It is situated in the basement of Hexin Shopping Plaza on Changfeng Jie in Xiaodian district.
2007, “Shanxi”, in The China Business Handbook 2007, 10th edition, Shenzhen: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 404, column 1
Origin
- Mandarin小店
- EnglishXiaodian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 小店 (Xiǎodiàn).
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Chinese Cantonese 小店
- 小店district
Chinese Mandarin 小店
- 小店 (Xiǎodiàn)district
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Xiaodian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xiaodian
“Xiaodian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xiaodian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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