Hang Hau

proper noun

An area of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

OriginCantonese 坑口 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An area of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

    “It’s very touching,” said Alice Lo, a 24-year-old web designer who lives with her mother in the Hang Hau neighborhood.

    2019 September 2, Felix Tam, Marius Zaharia, Donny Kwok, Tom Westbrook, Thomas Peter, “Hong Kong neighborhoods echo with late night cries for freedom”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2019
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    The journey to Hang Hau took much longer than Paul had expected, and the longer he spent on the metro, the clearer it became to him what he had let himself in for, Hang Hau, of all places.

    2015, Jan-Philipp Sendker, translated by Christine Lo, Whispering Shadows, Polygon Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 187

    The Transport Department said at 1.08am that it had ended the temporary one-lane-two-way traffic arrangement on Clear Water Bay Road near Wing Lung Road in Hang Hau, where a slope about 30 metres long (98 feet) and 40 metres deep had collapsed.

    2024 May 6, Jeffie Lam, “Hong Kong’s Clear Water Bay Road fully reopens after landslide forced lane closure amid weekend downpour”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2024, Transport

    The Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Primary School in Hang Hau began implementing school-wide patriotic education this academic year, an inspection report for the school read.

    2024 June 26, Hillary Leung, “Students at 2 Hong Kong schools not singing China’s national anthem loudly enough, inspections find”, in Hong Kong Free Press, Hong Kong
  2. A village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  3. A rural committee in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Origin

  1. Cantonese坑口
  2. EnglishHang Hau

From Cantonese 坑口 (haang¹ hau²).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 坑口鄉事委員會 /坑口乡事委员会, 坑口
  • 坑口鄉事委員會 /坑口乡事委员会rural committee
  • 坑口 (haang¹ hau²)area in Hong Kong
  • 坑口村 (haang¹ hau² cyun¹)village in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 坑口, 坑口
  • 坑口 (Kēngkǒu)rural committee
  • 坑口 (Kēngkǒu)area in Hong Kong
  • 坑口 (Kēngkǒu)village in Hong Kong
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APA

Hang Hau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hang%20Hau

MLA

“Hang Hau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hang%20Hau. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hang Hau,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hang%20Hau.

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