tin shui wai
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The sole commercial site is in the town of Tin Shui Wai, in the northwestern New Territories, where the government hopes to boost the economy. The suburban high-rise town has been dubbed the "City of Tears" in local media because of its high rate of social problems."
- "Tin Shui Wai, also known as the “City of Sorrows”, is an area which gathers new immigrants from mainland China, low-income individuals, unemployed families living on welfare, and families living and coping with high stress."
- "These changes are strikingly visible in Tin Shui Wai, a suburb of high-rise housing a stone’s throw from the border with mainland China."
- "A fire that broke out on Tuesday at a Tin Shui Wai construction site has raged on for more than 24 hours, as firefighters continued battling the blaze on Wednesday evening."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 天水圍