# Sindian
## English
### Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新店 (Xīndiàn), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Sindiàn.

### Proper noun

Sindian
* Alternative form of Xindian.
** 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan‎, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53‎:Take Roosevelt Rd. in southwestern Taipei which becomes Beisin Rd. in Sindian, to Bitan; or get on Freeway 3 and exit at the Ankeng or Jhongsing Rd. interchanges. Then drive toward Sindian and Bitan.
** 2008 November 10, “The Dance Class of Indigenous Students in Sinhe Primary School, Sindian, Taipei County Performs an Amis Tribal Dance "Those Beautiful Days"”, in Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan)‎, archived from the original on 05 March 2023‎:The dance class made up of indigenous students in Sinhe Primary School , Sindian, Taipei County , winner of this year's award, performed an Amis tribal dance "Those Beautiful Days".
** 2011 September 14, Shelley Shan, “DGH submits Danjiang Bridge project for review”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 March 2023, Taiwan News, page 2:It reviewed the project after Provincial Highway 64, which connects Bali and Sindian (新店), became operational in 2008. The agency then decided to adjust the project by changing the designs of the express lanes in Bali and Danshuei leading to the bridge and by reserving space on the bridge for the construction of the light rail tracks to Danhai New Township.
** 2012 September 10, Rich Chang, “Tribute for pilot on 50th anniversary”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-09-11, Taiwan News, page 3‎:The ceremony held by civilians including Roger Hsi (習賢德), a professor of journalism at Fu Jen Catholic University, Yang Hua-kun, a younger cousin of Chen, and three former members of the Black Cat Squadron took place at the Air Force’s martyrs tomb in Sindian District (新店), New Taipei City (新北市).
** 2018 April, I-Cheng Yeh, Tzu-Kuang Hsu, “Building real estate valuation models with comparative approach through case-based reasoning”, in Applied Soft Computing‎, volume 65, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:To explore the reason, we checked the price index of these four circles, and found that during the studied period, Sindian district has a very big rising of price index through the period […]
** 2019 June 22, Natasha Li, “Pegatron plans local production boost”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-24, Business, page 12‎:The firm operates three plants in Taiwan in Sinfong Township (新豐), Hsinchu County; Guishan District (龜山), Taoyuan; and Sindian District (新店) in New Taipei City.
** 2019 November, Son Nguyen, “Applying Statistical Learning Methods to Predicting Real Estate Value”, in Tampere University of Applied Sciences‎, archived from the original on 09 July 2022, page 19:This thesis was carried out as a data mining project that focused on making future predictions for the house price in Sindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
** 2023 February 11, “Free ride”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 February 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎:Passengers exit an Ankeng light rail train in New Taipei City’s Sindian District on its inaugural day yesterday.
** 2025 January 22, “MRT section to open in 2031: Hou”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 22, 2025, Taiwan News, page 2‎:The northern section of the New Taipei MRT Circular (Yellow) Line is expected to be completed by 2031, facilitating travel between Lujhou (蘆洲) and Sindian (新店) districts, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said yesterday. When the section from New Taipei Industrial Park Station in Sinjhuang District (新莊) to Jiannan Road Station in Taipei’s Zhongshan District (中山) is completed, people will be able to travel between Lujhou and Sindian without changing trains, Hou said during an inspection of the section’s depot, which is under construction. […] The Circular Line’s western section was opened in 2020. It runs between Dapinglin Station in Sindian and New Taipei Industrial Park Station.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sindian.

### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 新店市 / Xindian / Xīndiàn / Sindian / Hsintien”