shek pai wan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen."
- "Aplichau, an island with an area of about 304 acres, lies adjacent to the south¬ western part of the Island of Hong Kong (Fig. I). It is separated from the town of Aberdeen on the mainland by the natural harbours of Shek Pai Wan and the Aberdeen Channel."
- "The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat."
- "And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 石排灣