Danshuei
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 淡水 (Dànshuǐ), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dànshuěi.
Proper noun edit
Danshuei
- Synonym of Tamsui
- 2007, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan[3], 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 92:
- To the west of Yangmingshan, and easily accessible by MRT from Taipei, is the rustic hot-springs resort of Beitou, Taiwan’s oldest. Here you can stay in a tranquil Japanese-style inn for a taste of hot-springs bathing in your own room. You can also reach another historic town, Danshuei (Danshui), by MRT from Taipei.
- 2008, Cycling in Taiwan[4], Taiwan Tourism Bureau, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14:
- Danshuei is a historic riverside town to the north of Taipei City. For years, it has been a popular weekend destination for urbanites and it has become even more so since the opening of the Danshuei MRT Line.
- 2011 August 17, “New Taipei to become base for comics, anime: mayor”, in Focus Taiwan[5], archived from the original on 05 March 2023[6]:
- New Taipei Mayor Eric Li-luan Chu attended the opening of a comics and anime festival in the city's Danshuei District Wednesday and […]
- 2011 September 14, Shelley Shan, “DGH submits Danjiang Bridge project for review”, in Taipei Times[7], →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, “About the Contributors”, in Frank Stewart, editor, Sky Lanterns: New Poetry from China, Formosa and Beyond[8], University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 153:
- Yinni 隐匿 (1969-) is the pen name of a Taiwanese poet who, with her husband, runs Youhe Books, an independent bookstore in Danshuei District, New Taipei City.
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 […] 淡水鎮 / Danshui / Dànshuǐ / Danshuei / Tanshui”