shek ngau chau
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "In the second operation, police arrested 15 male asylum seekers after two speedboats sneaked into Hong Kong from the mainland and left them on Shek Ngau Chau in northeast Hong Kong waters and Tuen Mun before dawn. Nine of the men, who were Pakistanis, were initially found by a marine police launch on Shek Ngau Chau at about 5.26am."
- "From Point 21, joining in sequential straight lines through the following 10 points and Point 1: 1. the coordinates Latitude of 22° 21' 54.5" N, Longitude 114°30'08.8" E (Point 22); 2. the mid-point between the most protruding tip on the coastline north of Dalu Wan and the beacon on Shek Ngau Chau (Point 23, Latitude 22°28'07.4" N, Longitude 114°27'17.6" E);[…]"
Etymology
From Cantonese 石牛洲.
Word Breakdown
- Root: 石牛洲