sha tau kok
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
name
A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "Eight British soldiers inadvertently drove across the Chinese frontier yesterday, were held for several hours and released early today, a Government spokesman said. The incident occurred at the village of Sha Tau Kok, which straddles the border between Hong Kong's mainland New Territories and China."
- "Sha Tau Kok was out on a limb, a tiny village half in China, half in the New Territories, with Mirs Bay to the south and a range of hills stiff with Jap troops immediately to the north."
- "Far East Consortium International Ltd has beat four other bidders including Sino Land and Wang On Group and won a tender for a piece of land in a restricted border area in Sha Tau Kok for HK$143 million ($18.44 million) or HK$1,104 per square feet."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 沙頭角