Tsat Tsz Mui

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 七姊妹 (literally Seven Sisters).

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Proper noun

Tsat Tsz Mui

  1. An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • 1904 August 30 [1904 August 27], “Government Notification”, in The Hongkong Telegraph (New Series), number 4633, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
      PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 5th day of September, 1904, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, at Tsat Tsz Mui, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
    • 2007, Roy Bates, 10,000 Chinese Numbers[1], Beijing: China History Press, →ISBN, page 172:
      There is another example of the Seven Sisters. It is an area in the east portion of North Point, near Quarry Bay, Hong Kong called Tsat Tsz Mui (七姊妹 Seven Sisters).
    • 2009 April 1, Joyce Man, “Postal worker admits pocketing HK$22.50”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2023[3]:
      A worker at Tsat Tsz Mui post office admitted in Eastern Court yesterday to using old stamps and pocketing the postage payment meant for mailing a package.

Synonyms

  • (now usually synonymous) North Point
  • (rare) Braemar Point

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