Shektongtsuiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Shektongtsui

1. (historical) A former district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

参考

• Shek Tong Tsui

語源

From Cantonese 石塘咀 (sek tong zeoi).

固有名詞

Shek Tong Tsui

1. An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
   • 1992, Brian Nicholson, chapter 16, in 1997: A Conspiracy to Destroy Hong Kong‎, Saffron Walden, Essex: Bear Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:

     The man had arrived in a sampan while the cargo was being transferred from the barges which had been towed out to the Yorktown from the cargo handling basin at Shek Tong Tsui on the Island.

   • 2005, Shu-ching Shih, translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt, City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong‎, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 211:

     Huang Deyun was a woman with considerable ambition, and it is easy to see why, when she heard that Governor Nathan had issued a directive that the brothels in Possession Street were to be moved to the seaside district of Shek Tong Tsui, so that the first settlers in this newly opened-up area would be whores and their clients, the news had no effect on her.

   • 2015 November 10, Kris Cheng, “Mysterious ‘fake’ district council election candidate emerges in Sai Wan”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎, archived from the original on 27 January 2024, Business, HKFP Buzz, Politics & Protest:

     Although the nomination period of the district council election ended in October, a banner for a new “candidate” has been spotted on the streets of Shek Tong Tsui in Sai Wan.

   • 2019 June 17, Vicki Williams, “7 of the best restaurants, cafes and hipster hang-outs to hit in Shek Tong Tsui”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2024, Leisure:

     Nestled between Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui is home to busy restaurants, quirky cafes and hipster hang-outs serving all kinds of cuisines, including the best Singaporean and Malaysian food in town.

参考

• Shektongtsui

Further reading

• “Shek Tong Tsui”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.