wong tai sin
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The term was popularized by a TV show called “Below the Lion Rock,” which first aired in the 1970s and explored the lives of working-class people in Hong Kong, particularly those who had fled mainland China to settle in the former British colony. The show depicted the lives of people living around Lion Rock in areas such as Wong Tai Sin and Kowloon City, known for their slums and dense public housing developments."
- "Officers also fired tear gas in the Wong Tai Sin area Saturday evening; the police said the action was a response to protesters obstructing roads and aiming laser pointers at officers."
- "In the shadow of the revered mountain rise huge monoliths, drab concrete tower blocks far removed from the glittering glass highrises of Hong Kong island’s steroidal skyline. Here, in a neighborhood of public housing estates called Wong Tai Sin, seemingly endless stacks of aging windows heave with drying laundry and hum with air conditioners sweating droplets onto the pavement below."
- "In Wong Tai Sin, a lorry driver was beaten and kicked by a group of protesters after he tried to remove roadblocks while in Kai Tin, a woman was sprayed in the face with black paint after she got into an argument with protesters."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wong Tai Sin."
- "In the 1995 Legco elections, DAB leader Tsang Yok-shing originally wished to compete with LP leader Allen Lee in Tai Po district. As a result of political compromise, Tsang decided not to run in Tai Po and opted for Wong Tai Sin district."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 黃大仙
Inflected Forms
Wongtaisin (alternative)