Xiamen

American

[shyah-mœn] / ˈʃyɑˈmœn /

(Wade-Giles) Hsiamen

noun

Pinyin.

an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait.
a seaport on this island.

Xiamen British

/ ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Amoy

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Across the narrow strip of water, AFP could see the skyline of the Chinese city of Xiamen, the piers of China's unfinished Xiamen-Kinmen bridge and Xiamen's new international airport, due to open next year.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

As a young girl, she witnessed Chinese forces from Xiamen shelling her island during the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

The Nationalists said Hsia was due to visit cities including Chengdu, Nanchang, Zhongshan, Xiamen, and Chongqing on what it termed a listening tour.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

A home-groomed economist who studied finance at Xiamen University from 1978 to 1984, He obtained a doctorate in economics in 1998, when he was the party chief of Quanzhou city in Fujian.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

Six roll-on/roll-off — or “RoRo” — vessels linked to the PLA were spotted conducting drills on Chinese beaches in the Taiwan Strait, at Xiamen on the Fujian Province coast opposite Taiwan.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

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