siu sai wan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A residential area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "In the Chai Wan district, at the far eastern end of Hong Kong island, Lee was immersed not in the weighty issues of democracy and civil liberties, but the more mundane matters of everyday life here -- the need for a new bus stop and whether residents of the Siu Sai Wan housing estate could get an overhead walkway to avoid having to dash across a dangerous highway."
- "Jump on minibus 624A, or into a taxi, for the short hop to Island Resort in Siu Sai Wan."
- "Employers living in Siu Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island’s northeast side pay the lowest salaries in the city to domestic helpers, a survey has found."
- "Ms. Tang’s inevitable contact with people who are ill has started to worry her. It did not help when she learned that someone living in a building near her own, in Siu Sai Wan, had been infected by the virus."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 小西灣