Siu Sai Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 小西灣 / 小西湾 (siu² sai¹ waan¹).

Proper noun

Siu Sai Wan

1. A residential area in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
   • 1997 September 13, Keith B. Richburg, “HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 January 2024‎^[2]:

     In the Chai Wan district, at the far eastern end of Hong Kong island, Lee was immersed not in the weighty issues of democracy and civil liberties, but the more mundane matters of everyday life here -- the need for a new bus stop and whether residents of the Siu Sai Wan housing estate could get an overhead walkway to avoid having to dash across a dangerous highway.

   • 2017 September 16, Raquel Carvalho, “Siu Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island labelled worst paying area for domestic helpers amid campaign for wage increase”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 16, 2017, Hong Kong economy‎^[4]:

     Employers living in Siu Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island’s northeast side pay the lowest salaries in the city to domestic helpers, a survey has found.

   • 2020 February 18, Isabella Kwai, “How a Pharmacy Handles Mask Hoarders and Coronavirus Fears”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-02-18, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     Ms. Tang’s inevitable contact with people who are ill has started to worry her. It did not help when she learned that someone living in a building near her own, in Siu Sai Wan, had been infected by the virus.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小西灣 / 小西湾 (siu² sai¹ waan¹)

See also

• Sai Wan

Further reading

• Siu Sai Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.