汐止

Chinese

night tides; evening ebbtide to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (汐止) 汐 止
simp. #(汐止) 汐 止

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 汐止(しおどめ) (shiodome, literally “Shiodome”), a calque of Hokkien 水返腳/水返脚 or 水轉腳/水转脚 (Chúi-tńg-kha), the earlier name.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

汐止

  1. (~區, formerly ~鎮, ~市) Xizhi, Sijhih, Hsichih (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Descendants

  • → English: Hsichih, Sijhih, Xizhi
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