Shilin
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín).
Pronunciation
- enPR: shûʹlǐnʹ[2]
Proper noun
Shilin
- A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2013 April 11, Yeou-Jey Hsu, “36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2013, Travel[5]:
- The Shida District appeals to the young and chic, and the Shilin District market is impressive for its sheer size.
- 2016 December, Wendy Lee, The Art of Confidence: A Novel[6] (Fiction), Kensington Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 67–68:
- At Taoyuan International Airport, he flagged a taxi and was soon on his way home, north of Taipei. Last year his wife had convinced him to buy a town house out in Shilin District at the edge of Yangmingshan National Park. […]
Traditionally, the suburban area of Shilin District had been populated by politicians and diplomats, since they were the ones who had money.
- 2019 January 27, “Sakura bloom quietly in the mountains of Taipei's Shilin”, in Taiwan News[7], archived from the original on 15 January 2025, Travel[8]:
- If you want to watch sakura, but wish to get away from crowds during the Lunar New Year holiday, Zhongshe Rd. (中社路) in the mountains of Taipei’s Shilin District is the place for you.
Translations
References
- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 1 October 2006[2]:
- 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
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihlin”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3: “Shihlin (shûʹlǐnʹ), Jap. [Japanese] Shirin (shēʹrēn)”