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Shek Pai Wan
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English
Etymology
From en yue 石排灣.
Pronunciation
sěkʹbīʹwänʹen 1952 Aberdeen Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 3 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/3/ 3 Aberdeen, Chinese Shekpaiwan (sěkʹbīʹwänʹ),
Proper noun
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en area area/Aberdeen district/Southern sar/Hong Kong.
en 2007 Michael Ingham Hong Kong: A Cultural History Oxford University Press 9780199724475 139 Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen.
en bay island/Lamma district/Islands sar/Hong Kong.
en 1971 Luke S. K. Wong The Aplicahu Squatter Area: A Case Study D. J. Dwyer Asian Urbanization: A Hong Kong Casebook<t:zh 亞洲都市化:概况香港個案研究> https://archive.org/details/asianurbanizatio0000unse/ w:Hong Kong University Press 510063 90 https://archive.org/details/asianurbanizatio0000unse/page/90/ Aplichau, an island with an area of about 304 acres, lies adjacent to the south¬ western part of the Island of Hong Kong (Fig. I). It is separated from the town of Aberdeen on the mainland by the natural harbours of Shek Pai Wan and the Aberdeen Channel.
en 2019 David Leffman; Jules Brown Hong Kong guide The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau Penguin 978-1-84836-188-1 421813594 165 https://books.google.com/books?id=tprvNzaFbxwC&pg=PA165 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781848361881/page/165/ The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat.
en 21 May 2022 Peter Lee Mirror, mirror on the wall, tram or billboard: Hong Kong superfans reflect their devotion w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/t46zc 28 January 2024 https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/21/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-tram-or-billboard-how-hong-kong-superfans-reflect-their-devotion/ Hong Kong And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island.
Translations
area in Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 石排灣
bay of Lamma, Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 石排灣
See also
pt Seac Pai Van
References
Further reading
Shek Pai Wan, Seac Pai Van
Anagrams
en aaehiknpsw Piankeshaw