Ma Tau Chung

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 馬頭涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹).

Proper noun

Ma Tau Chung

1. An area in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 1965, Gwenneth Stokes, “The Last Days of the Sung”, in Hong Kong in History‎^[1], Hong Kong: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 21:

     At last Ti Cheng and Ti Ping and their soldiers and ministers reached Mirs Bay, just east of Hong Kong. From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon. At Ma Tau Chung a palace was built for the young Emperor Ti Cheng. On a nearby hill the Emperor and his brother used to shelter in the shade of a great rock.

   • 1994 October 29, “Death of a spy ring”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 05, 2024, Latest‎^[3]:

     Soon the link to the Indian prison camp at Ma Tau Chung was exposed, then the drivers to the other camps were hauled in for questioning.

Translations

area of Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬頭涌 / 马头涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹)

  Mandarin: 馬頭涌 / 马头涌 (Mǎtóuchōng)

Further reading

• Ma Tau Chung at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.