Shilin

See also: shílín and shìlín

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: shûʹlǐnʹ[2]

Proper noun

Shilin

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 2013 April 11, Yeou-Jey Hsu, “36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2013, Travel‎:
      The Shida District appeals to the young and chic, and the Shilin District market is impressive for its sheer size.

Translations

References
  1. “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎:
    This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 士林區 / Shilin / Shìlín / Shihlin / Shihlin
  2. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihlin”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3

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