Sau Kei Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 筲箕灣／筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).

Proper noun

Shau Ki Wan

1. (rare) Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
   • 2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier, Historian, Teacher, Collector, Traveller:

     As mentioned, the 1st Middlesex occupied beach pill boxes extending along the west, south and eastern littoral from beneath Mount Davis in the West to Sau Kei Wan [Shau Kei Wan] Hill in the northeast. The Hong Kong Volunteers, mostly assigned to man weapons ranging from artillery to machine guns, together with various auxiliary units, supported these units.

   • 2010, “Stop 6: Hong Kong”, in A Journey through China: Exploring Major Sites and Cuisine in 10 Days‎^[1], Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 174:

     The HK Tramways is one of the oldest public transportation systems still in operation. Inaugurated in 1904, 16 years after the Peak Tram started its service in 1888, it has provided the public with the cheapest way to travel across Hong Kong Island from Kennedy Town to Sau Kei Wan, with a branch serving the Happy Valley Racecourse.

   • 2014, Richard Aldrich, quoting Shu Xiangcheng, The Faraway War: Personal Diaries Of The Second World War In Asia And The Pacific, Random House, →ISBN:

     After lunch, I told my mother that there was no need to worry and then I went back to our Store, 'ee-kee' which my daddy left to us. It was located at the opposite side of the tram terminal in Sau Kei Wan.