Sai Wan Ho

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 西灣河／西湾河 (sai¹ waan¹ ho^4-2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪ wɑːn hoʊ/

Proper noun

Sai Wan Ho

1. An area in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
   • 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Travel‎^[2]:

     From Central take the MTR to Sai Wan Ho and change to Bus 14; get off at Tai Tam Road after passing the dam of Tai [Tam] Tuk Reservoir.

   • 2019 November 10, Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Protesters Urge General Strike for Monday”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-10, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     The video shows a police officer in a white shirt and neon vest pulling his gun on a group of protesters surrounding him at an intersection in the Sai Wan Ho neighborhood.

   • 2019 December 24, Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, Tiffany Liang, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “In Hong Kong crackdown, police repeatedly broke their own rules — and faced no consequences”, in The Washington Post‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 24, 2019‎^[6]:

     Early on Nov. 11, protesters began obstructing roads and disrupting train service as part of a general strike. The incident, in the Sai Wan Ho neighborhood, shows a police officer walking across the road toward a group of masked protesters.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西灣河／西湾河 (sai¹ waan¹ ho^4-2)

Further reading

• Sai Wan Ho at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.