Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hang hau

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: hang hau
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

name

A village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

name

A rural committee in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Example Sentences

"The journey to Hang Hau took much longer than Paul had expected, and the longer he spent on the metro, the clearer it became to him what he had let himself in for, Hang Hau, of all places."
"“It’s very touching,” said Alice Lo, a 24-year-old web designer who lives with her mother in the Hang Hau neighborhood."
"The Transport Department said at 1.08am that it had ended the temporary one-lane-two-way traffic arrangement on Clear Water Bay Road near Wing Lung Road in Hang Hau, where a slope about 30 metres long (98 feet) and 40 metres deep had collapsed."
"The Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Primary School in Hang Hau began implementing school-wide patriotic education this academic year, an inspection report for the school read."

Etymology

From Cantonese 坑口 (haang¹ hau²).

Word Breakdown

Root: 坑口

Questions

What does hang hau mean?: An area of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Where does hang hau come from?: From Cantonese 坑口 (haang¹ hau²).

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