邵氏

Chinese

		surname; place name	clan name; maiden name
simp. and trad. (邵氏)		邵	氏

Etymology

From English Special Branch, which was shortened as SB and have the same initialism with Shaw Brothers Studio, a defunct film production company in Hong Kong.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ si⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: siuh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² siː²²/

Proper noun

邵氏

(Hong Kong, informal, historical) the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force
- 2018, 葉愷, chapter 8, in 特立獨行錄：警察生涯四十年, →ISBN, page 112:
  
  翌日，報章刊登周總理不在機上，11 名乘客和 5 名機組人員喪生，其中 8 名是出席「萬隆會議」的中共代表團成員。數天後，邵氏拘捕了曾參與該機檢查維修、清潔加油等機場人員。 [MSC, trad.]
  翌日，报章刊登周总理不在机上，11 名乘客和 5 名机组人员丧生，其中 8 名是出席「万隆会议」的中共代表团成员。数天后，邵氏拘捕了曾参与该机检查维修、清洁加油等机场人员。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yìrì, bàozhāng kāndēng zhōu zǒnglǐ bù zài jī shàng, 11 míng chéngkè hé 5 míng jīzǔ rényuán sàngshēng, qízhōng 8 míng shì chūxí “wànlóng huìyì” de zhōnggòng dàibiǎo tuán chéngyuán. Shù tiān hòu, shàoshì jūbǔ le céng cānyǔ gāi jī jiǎnchá wéixiū, qīngjié jiāyóu děng jīchǎng rényuán. [Pinyin]
  The next day, newspapers reported that Premier Zhou didn't board the plane. 11 passengers and 5 crew members died, in which 8 were members of CCP delegation who participated the Bandung Conference. A few days later, Special Branch (members) arrested airport staff who were involved in repairing, cleaning and fueling of the aircraft.