Shek Pai Wan
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 石排灣 / 石排湾 (sek6 paai4 waan1).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sěkʹbīʹwänʹ[1]
Proper noun
Shek Pai Wan
- 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.
- A bay of Lamma, Islands district, Hong Kong.
- 1971, Luke S. K. Wong, “The Aplicahu Squatter Area: A Case Study”, in D. J. Dwyer, editor, Asian Urbanization: A Hong Kong Casebook [亞洲都市化:概况香港個案研究][2], Hong Kong University Press, →OCLC, page 90:
- Aplichau, an island with an area of about 304 acres, lies adjacent to the south¬ western part of the Island of Hong Kong (Fig. I). It is separated from the town of Aberdeen on the mainland by the natural harbours of Shek Pai Wan and the Aberdeen Channel.
- 2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, “Hong Kong guide”, in The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165[3]:
- 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[4], 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.
Translations
See also
- Seac Pai Van
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Aberdeen”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 3: “Aberdeen, Chinese Shekpaiwan (sěkʹbīʹwänʹ), […]”