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Xiyin

Syllables: Xi·yin

Xiyin proper noun: an island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

Proper noun

Xiyin

  1. An island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
    • One of the four fishermen from Lianjiang County of east China’s Fujian Province was shot dead by soldiers of the Taiwan authorities stationed on the Xiyin Island when the fishermen were looking for fishing tackle near the island that day. The Taiwan soldiers continued shooting as the fishermen were...
    • At about 0110 on 6 August, four crew members of the "Minlianyu 0210" fishing boat of Nan Village of Lianjiang County’s Tailu Town were looking for fishing tackle near the Latou Reef south of the Xiyin Island, when troops of the Taiwan authorities on Xiyin Island fired at them and 28-year old^([sic...1995 August 10 [1995 August 9], “ARATS Condemns Killing of Mainland Fisherman”, in Daily Report: China, number 95-154, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN...

Examples of Xiyin in a sentence

  • Dongyin is connected with the neighboring island of Xiyin (西引) by a causeway, and while this sister islet is less visited, it has several natural and militaristic sights of great interest.2017 September 22, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Dongyin Island: The Northern Frontier”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  • However, during the exercises, witnesses gave differing accounts of either tracer fire or flares landing on a hill behind Sanjia Village on Xiyin Island and starting a fire, reported UDN.2022 August 5, Keoni Everington, “Fire breaks out on outer Taiwan island during artillery drill”, in Taiwan News, archived from the...
  • It consists of two islands, Dongyin and Xiyin Island.(Can we date this quote?), “Zhongzhu Island”, in Matsu eTravel, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025:

Forms of Xiyin

alternative formHsiyin

Origin of Xiyin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西引 (Xīyǐn).

Questions about Xiyin

What does Xiyin mean?
Xiyin means an island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
How do you use Xiyin in a sentence?
Dongyin is connected with the neighboring island of Xiyin (西引) by a causeway, and while this sister islet is less visited, it has several natural and militaristic sights of great interest.
What part of speech is Xiyin?
Xiyin is a proper noun.

Words near Xiyin in the dictionary

  1. Xixiang
  2. Xixime
  3. Xiximes
  4. Xixiu
  5. Xiyang
  6. Xiyin
  7. Xiyu
  8. Xizang
  9. Xizang Autonomous Region
  10. Xizang Zizhiqu
  11. Xizhi

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