cheung sha wan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "A government-run affordable-housing development in Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan district. Critics of the city’s government say officials want to avoid building more."
- "Lam was one of dozens of patients lying in the parking lot of Caritas on Thursday, after there was no more room inside the hospital that serves 400,000 people in the working-class district of Cheung Sha Wan on the Kowloon peninsula. Temperatures dipped to 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) amid some rain."
- "After all, Hong Kong’s builders have already started resorting to price cuts to boost their sales. Earlier this month, CK Asset Holdings Ltd. slashed its offerings by as much as 18% at Seaside Sonata in Cheung Sha Wan."
- "Hong Kong authorities have rejected an NGO’s application to open a homeless shelter in Cheung Sha Wan, just days after opposition from lawmakers, district councillors, and residents."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 長沙灣
Phrases
Cheung Sha
Frequently Paired Words
Cheung Sha