Word.ws English Dictionary

Hsin-chu

Hsin-chu is the alternative form of Hsinchu.

Meaning of Hsinchu

Proper noun

Hsinchu

  1. A city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.
    • A railway has been constructed from Kelung to Hsinchu near the W. ct., in 24° 50'N., and its continuation to Tainan is projected.1895, George G. Chisholm, editor, Formosa (Longmans' Gazetteer of the World), Longmans, Green, and Co., page 538
    Synonyms:
    Sin-tek
  2. A county in northern Taiwan.
    • The removal of the Prefect from Teukcham to Banka was what was required to consolidate the city, and when that occurred in May last, progress set in with vigour. With the Prefect's departure from Teukcham occurred a change in the name and constitution of that place. It ceased to be called Teukcham...1880, Inspector General of Customs, Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports for the Year 1879, Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General, →OCLC, page 181

Origin of Hsin-chu

From Mandarin 新竹 (Xīnzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-chu².

Questions about Hsin-chu

What is Hsin-chu the alternative form of?
Hsin-chu is the alternative form of Hsinchu.

Words near Hsin-chu in the dictionary

  1. hsiens
  2. Hsikang
  3. HSIL
  4. Hsin-chiang
  5. Hsin-chou
  6. Hsin-chu
  7. Hsin-hsiang
  8. Hsin-kiang
  9. Hsin-yang
  10. Hsincheng
  11. Hsinchiang

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hsin-chu (page history and authors); Hsinchu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Hsin-chu.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hsin-chu. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.