Shimen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 石門／石门 (Shímén).

Proper noun

Shimen

  1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 2023 October 1, Wang Chao-yu, Li Hsien-feng, Wang Hong-kuo, James Lo, “More hornet attacks reported in New Taipei on Sunday”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 02 October 2023, Society‎:
      Eight hikers, including foreign nationals, were stung by a hornet swarm in New Taipei's Shimen District while they were walking along the Qingshan Waterfall hiking path.
  2. An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Translations

References
  1. Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015) “Transliteration Tables”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 434: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Shihmen / Shimen / 石門”

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