shihlin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Shilin.
Example Sentences
- "My first meeting with Madame Chiang Kai-shek, however, was hardly a reassuring one. One day, shortly after I had joined the President's staff, I was asked to see her at their residence in Shihlin (Scholars' Woods) on the outskirts of Taipei."
- "Tienmu (usually misspelled ‘Tienmou’), is not exactly a renowned tourist attraction. Rather, you might think of it as the foreigners’ ghetto in the Shihlin district of northern Taipei."
- "The Wednesday afternoon ladies' prayer group, which met at the presidential residence in Shihlin, became a tradition that lasted decades."
- "The second constituency will be comprised of Tatung district and 38 boroughs in the Shihlin district; the third constituency will include the Chungshan district and 20 boroughs in the Sungshan district."
- "The so-called Color Play Party at the Formosa Fun Coast park in New Taipei City in June featured tons of colored powder that was thrown over participants as they listened to music and danced. But the material was flammable, and it ignited when it was blown over a hot electric light, the Shihlin District Court said in its ruling."
- "Eslite Spectrum Corp., which runs the popular Eslite bookstore chain in Taiwan, said Tuesday that it will close a store located in Shihlin District of Taipei by the end of May."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 士林, -