Xinwu
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新屋 (Xīnwū).
Pronunciation
- enPR: shĭnʹwo͞oʹ
- Hyphenation: Xin‧wu
Proper noun
Xinwu
- A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
- 2014 February 19, Camaron Kao, “Mary & Majestic to build new factory in Taoyuan”, in Taipei Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2015, Business, page 13[2]:
- Soap maker Mary & Majestic Inc (美琪生技) yesterday said that it will spend NT$700 million (US$23.12 million) to build a new factory in Xinwu Township (新屋鄉), Taoyuan County, in April, aiming to increase its annual revenue to between NT$1 billion and NT$1.5 billion from the current NT$500 million in the next five years.
- 2022 August 14, Jui-chi Wu, Chao Yen-hsiang, “Taoyuan Ghost Festival accident leaves 3 dead, 1 in coma”, in Focus Taiwan[3], archived from the original on 14 August 2022, Society:
- The accident reportedly took place late Saturday, as the men returned to shore after wading out into the waters near Yongan Fishing Port in Taoyuan's Xinwu District to perform a ritual to send away the evils and diseases while praying for peace and good fortune.
- 2025 August 3, Duncan DeAeth, “Taoyuan mulls removing Chinese spouse from office as borough chief”, in Taiwan News[4], archived from the original on 3 August 2025, Politics[5]:
- After the removal of an elected official in Hualien with household registration in China, Taoyuan is mulling the dismissal of a local borough chief who failed to renounce her Chinese citizenship.
Peng Hsiao-lin (彭小林), the chief of Hejian Borough in Taoyuan’s Xinwu District is a Chinese spouse who has resided in Taiwan for 32 years, reported LTN.
Translations
district