Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xindian

/ʃɪnˈdiæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xin-dian
IPA: /ʃɪnˈdiæn/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Example Sentences

""All of them were only carrying out orders," Tsai I-hsueh, a detective from New Taipei City's Xindian district in charge of the investigation, told the . "We are still investigating the motive and the whereabouts of any mastermind.""
"In July 2016, a fire in a retirement home in New Taipei’s Xindian District killed six people and injured 28."
"An invitation Lam said he received from the American Institute in Taiwan, the United States de facto embassy, lists the National Human Rights Museum in Xindian, New Taipei City, as the location for a meeting. Pelosi is not specifically mentioned in the invitation."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 新店

Inflected Forms

Hsintien (alternative) Sindian (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce xindian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɪnˈdiæn/.
What does xindian mean?: A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Where does xindian come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn).

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