Sinsing
English
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editThe Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新興 (Sinsing).
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- A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)[3], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 351:
- Sinsing Night Market on Nanhua Road has more clothes stalls and some food at the southern end.
- 2015, Chao Ren, “Urban climatic map studies in Taiwan: Kaohsiung”, in Edward Ng, Chao Ren, editors, The Urban Climatic Map for Sustainable Urban Planning[4], Earthscan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:
- Central Kaohsiung, including Cianjin, Yancheng, and Sinsing Districts, has very high thermal load and low dynamic potential. This suggests that these areas have intense anthropogenic heat release but limited air ventilation. These areas require specific planning action, such as increasing greenery coverage and reducing anthropogenic heat release.
- 2018, Wang Shu-fen, Chang Che-fong, Yeh Su-ping, Frances Huang, “Kaohsiung hit by heavy rain; schools, businesses closed Tuesday”, in Focus Taiwan[5]:
- Accumulated rain in the last 24 hours in Fongshan, Lingya, Sanmin and Sinsing districts topped 300mm, records showed.
- 2019 April 23, Kelly Richman-Abdou, “6 of the Most Beautiful Metro Stations Around the World”, in My Modern Met[6], archived from the original on 23 April 2019[7]:
- Located in the Sinsing District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the luminous “Dome of Light” in the Formosa Boulevard was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. Comprising 4,500 glass panels and measuring 98 feet in diameter, this dome is currently the largest glasswork in the world.
- 2021, Chao Chien-Chiao et al., “Application of a High-Density Temperature Measurement System for the Management of the Kaohsiung House Project”, in Sustainability[8], volume 13, number 2, , →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:
- Currently, no plans for panel installation in Sinsing District, where the urban heat island effect can be better alleviated through greening facility construction, have been made.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sinsing.
Translations
editdistrict in south Taiwan
References
edit- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01[2]: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 新興區 / Xinxing / Xīnxīng / Sinsing / Hsinhsing”
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