Shek Pai Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 石排灣 / 石排湾 (sek6 paai4 waan1), when the initial of the first syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Proper noun

Shek Pai Wan

  1. An area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2007, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139:
      Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen.
  2. A bay of Lamma, Islands district, Hong Kong.
    • 2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, “Hong Kong guide”, in The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165‎[1]:
      The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat.
    • 2022 May 21, Peter Lee, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, tram or billboard: Hong Kong superfans reflect their devotion”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎[2], archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Hong Kong:
      And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island.

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See also

  • Seac Pai Van

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