Tin Shui Wai

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 天水圍／天水围 (tin¹ seoi² wai⁴).

Proper noun

Tin Shui Wai

1. An area and town in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2011 December 21, Joy Leung, Twinnie Siu, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong to build on land sales after meeting target”, in Chris Lewis, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 07 January 2024, Markets:

     The sole commercial site is in the town of Tin Shui Wai, in the northwestern New Territories, where the government hopes to boost the economy. The suburban high-rise town has been dubbed the "City of Tears" in local media because of its high rate of social problems.

   • 2019 September 27, Max Fisher, “‘One Country, Two Nationalisms’: The Crisis Behind Hong Kong’s Turmoil”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-27, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     These changes are strikingly visible in Tin Shui Wai, a suburb of high-rise housing a stone’s throw from the border with mainland China.

   • 2024 April 10, James Lee, “Firefighters battle blaze at Hong Kong construction site for more than 24 hours”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[4], archived from the original on 06 October 2024, Hong Kong:

     A fire that broke out on Tuesday at a Tin Shui Wai construction site has raged on for more than 24 hours, as firefighters continued battling the blaze on Wednesday evening.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天水圍／天水围 (tin¹ seoi² wai⁴)

Further reading

• Tin Shui Wai at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.