Xizhi

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

    "Few people know about Du Yuesheng’s monument, situated in the picturesque village of Xizhi, not far from Taipei. The huge arch of grey stone is quite imposing. Its four-character inscription praises the dead man’s “loyalty” and “personal integrity,” and even proudly lists the names of his children!"

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"Few people know about Du Yuesheng’s monument, situated in the picturesque village of Xizhi, not far from Taipei. The huge arch of grey stone is quite imposing. Its four-character inscription praises the dead man’s “loyalty” and “personal integrity,” and even proudly lists the names of his children!"

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汐止 (Xìzhǐ).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.