Deep Bay

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Deep Bay

1. A bay of Hong Kong, between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
   • 1972 June 22, Ian Stewart, “Chinese Refugees Swim Across a Perilous Bay to Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 September 2020, page 2‎^[2]:

     They are the refugees who swim from China across the waters of Deep Bay to Hong Kong. The escaping refugees spend four to eight hours in the water, dodging Chinese gunboats and battling the tides. They usually swim to a beacon about midway between the two shores and then make for another beacon on the Hong Kong shoreline.
     The large oysters of Laufaushan, which are cultivated, in beds extending far out into Deep Bay, are the delight of Hong Kong gourmets and the despair of the refugees because the refugees land with their arms and legs cut and bleeding from crawling across the oyster beds.

   • 1979 March 22, Jay Matthews, “Thousands of Chinese Are Crossing Over Into Hong Kong”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 11, 2024‎^[4]:

     After training themselves in public swimming pools or commune reservoirs, some of them swam across Deep Bay or Mirs Bay to reach Hong Kong.

Synonyms

• Hau Hoi Wan

Translations

bay

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 后海灣 (hau⁶ hoi² waan¹)

  Mandarin: 深圳灣／深圳湾 (Shēnzhènwān)

Further reading

• Deep Bay at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.