sham shui po
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Another proposal some years ago was for a line to be constructed from Canton to Sham-shui-po near the Cosmopolitan Docks in British territory, on the mainland opposite Hongkong."
- "The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit."
- "Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints."
- "Once largely insulated from the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong is facing a citywide outbreak, with businesses buckling and some losing patience with the government's "zero COVID" policies. In the cluster of working-class districts in nearby Sham Shui Po, some residential blocks and public housing estates have been sealed off, crowds in malls and street markets have thinned, and once teeming diners known as dai pai dongs and stalls selling knick-knacks are quieter after dark."
- "Lee, a Catholic, grew up poor in Sham Shui Po -- one of wealthy Hong Kong's working-class districts -- but made his way to an elite boys' school run by Jesuits."
- "On Au’s rooftop in the gentrifying neighborhood of Sham Shui Po, the metal hut traps heat inside the 300-square-foot space."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 深水埗
Inflected Forms
Shamshuipo (alternative)