Xinfeng

Xin·feng
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/ʃɪnˈfɛŋ//ʃin-//-ˈfʌŋ/

proper noun

A county of Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hsinfeng · alternative Sinfong

  1. A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.

    Taiwan's Coast Guard found a drifting vessel with 43 Vietnamese stowaways on board off Xinfeng Township in Hsinchu County, a Coast Guard spokesman said Wednesday.

    2013 March 27, “43 Vietnamese stowaways found off Hsinchu”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2023, Society
    1 more example

    Cohosted by the Max Liu Culture and Art Foundation, the exhibition in Hsinchu County’s Xinfeng Township (新豐) features a range of Liu’s works, from self-portraits to paintings of the Po Yo Bird (婆憂鳥), Liu’s bird invention that is common in his work and based on a story told to him by his grandmother.

    2019 May 15, Liao Hsueh-ju, Sherry Hsiao, “Hsinchu exhibits Max Liu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2019, Taiwan News, page 4

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新豐/新丰 (Xīnfēng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 新豐 /新丰
  • 新豐 /新丰 (san¹ fung¹)rural township
Chinese Mandarin 新豐 /新丰
  • 新豐 /新丰 (Xīnfēng)rural township
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APA

Xinfeng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinfeng

MLA

“Xinfeng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinfeng. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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