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Shau Kei Wan
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English
Alternative forms
en Shau Ki Wan Sau Ki Wan Sau Kei Wan Shaukeiwan Saukeiwan Shaukiwan Saukiwan some dated or obsolete
Etymology
From en yue 筲箕灣.en 1955 Chan Yeung Kwong Everybody's Cantonese Fourth https://archive.org/details/everybodyscanton00chan/ Kowloon Chung Yuen Printing Press 4100478 234-235 https://archive.org/details/everybodyscanton00chan/page/235/ Hong Kong DistrictsShaukiwan zh 筲箕灣 shaau kei waan
Proper noun
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en area district/Eastern sar/Hong Kong.
en 1962 1961 Ralph Herrmanns Annabelle MacMillan Lee Lan Flies the Dragon Kite https://archive.org/details/leelanfliesdrago00herr/ 1st American New York w:Harcourt, Brace & World 1412477 Lee Lan can see the lights from as far away as her home at Shau Kei Wan, and she never ceases to marvel at them.
en 1966 Gene Gleason 6 Joy to My Heart https://archive.org/details/joytomyheart0000gene/ 1st w:McGraw-Hill Book Company 65-28591 1289637 120 https://archive.org/details/joytomyheart0000gene/page/120/ To reach Rennie’s Mill on her first visit there, Sister Annie boarded one of the green double-deck trams which run along the Hong Kong Island waterfront, and rode to the fishing village of Shau Kei Wan, near the eastern entrance of Hong Kong Harbor.
en OCTOBER 14, 2010 Travel Picks: Top 10 sporting event destinations for 2011 Belinda Goldsmith https://web.archive.org/web/20230418183846/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-travel-picks-sporting-idUSTRE69E05T20101015 w:Reuters Lifestyle After the final whistle, the best way to explore the sights and sounds of Hong Kong is to hop on the ‘Ding Ding’ tram which runs from Kennedy Town in the island’s west to Shau Kei Wan in the east.
en 2016 Carolyn Phillips The Coastal Southeast All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China https://archive.org/details/allunderheavenre0000phil/ w:Ten Speed Press 978-1-60774-982-0 2015029244 915120228 189 https://archive.org/details/allunderheavenre0000phil/page/189/ Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves.
February 2, 2017 Didi Kirsten Tatlow On Deck With China’s Last Junk Builders, Masters of an Ebbing Craft https://web.archive.org/web/20180126002203/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/asia/china-junk-builders-hong-kong.html Asia Pacific In his boatyard on Hong Kong Island, in the eastern district of Shau Kei Wan, he points to photographs of wooden ships of all kinds that he has built since being apprenticed to an uncle at the age of 13: simple “walla-walla” motorboats and corporate junks that carry some design elements of the traditional junk but without sails.Beyond the wood shavings, the harbor glitters in the sun. Fishing boats draw up outside to deliver their catch to the next-door Shau Kei Wan wholesale fish market.
en September 21, 2019 Raf Wober Hong Kong protesters, police face off in renewed clashes https://web.archive.org/web/20230418192231/https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-asia-pacific-hong-kong-faa68c6061634687a5de4679cdaf6be3 w:AP News Ho made an appearance in the Shau Kei Wan neighborhood but residents shouted at him and told him to leave, RTHK said.
en June 26, 2020 Li-hua Chung New rules intensify distrust in China: academic https://web.archive.org/web/20200627001844/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/06/26/2003738898 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 The report lists three locations in the territory — Sai Kung Town, Aberdeen and Shau Kei Wan — where Hong Kongers are picked up by boats and taken to the Taiwan Strait, where they board another boat and are dropped off either in Hsinchu or Chiayi county, or Taichung, Tainan or Kaohsiung.
Derived terms
en man on the Shau Kei Wan tram
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 筲箕灣
See also
en Aldrich Bay
References