Shau Ki Wan

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English

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Etymology

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From Cantonese 筲箕灣筲箕湾 (saau1 gei1 waan1).

Proper noun

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Shau Ki Wan

  1. Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
    • 1952, William Harold Ingrams, “The Boat People”, in Hong Kong[1], London, →OCLC, page 188:
      Although it is now in so many ways urbanized, Shau Ki Wan still keeps much of the air of a small fishing village. It gives me the feeling of arriving at a pleasant out-of-the-world place, a little fishing port nestling, like so many in other countries, at the foot of sheltering hills.
    • 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Travel‎[3]:
      From Shau Ki Wan, take Bus 9 to the roundabout; walk about 20 minutes along the road, which is usually lined with cars on weekends. []
      Take the MTR from Central to Shau Ki Wan (there is a bus from Central to Shau Ki Wan, but it takes between one and two hours), then Bus 9 to the end of the line.
    • 2013 March 1, Barrie Shelton, Justyna Karakiewicz, Thomas Kvan, The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric, Routledge, →ISBN:
      Soon afterwards, following Causeway Bay reclamation, a single track was extended eastwards to Shau Ki Wan, although this was quickly converted to double track after World War I.
    • 2022 August 4, Michael Ng, Political Censorship in British Hong Kong, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 84:
      On 10 October 1955, the ROC's national flags were hoisted in many streets, especially in Wan Chai, Shau Ki Wan, Diamond Hill and industrial areas in Kowloon []