Meanings
- A hill in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
The Mitsukoshi Department Store in Hennessy Centre, on the area of levelled Lee Garden Hill, 2006. The building was later rebuilt into Hysan Place.
2019 July 18, 鄭寶鴻, 香港歷史考察之旅：港島區 (overall work in Chinese), 商務印書館(香港)有限公司, →ISBN, page 1893 more examples
Lee Hysan, a wealthy opium trader bought a piece of land on a hill (later known as the Lee Garden Hill) in the early 20s to be used for his business.
1993 July 3, Kevin Kwong, “The party's over for the friends of heartbreak hotel”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2023Early this century his grandfather — the famous Lee Hysan bought the entire hill which later became known as the Lee Garden Hill and established a base for the family in Hong Kong.
1997, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chinese University Bulletin, →OCLC, page 616 Aug 1924 The Foolish Old Man's Hut Poetry Club, later known as North Hill Poetry Club, was established by Mok Hok-ming (莫鶴鳴) and Choi Jit-fu (蔡哲夫) at the residence of a deputy manager on Lee Garden Hill borrowed from Lee Hy-san (利希慎); it was disbanded in 1925.
2022 June 30, Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, chapter 1924, in Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview & Chronology, 聯合電子出版有限公司（代理）, →ISBN, page 190Synonyms: East Point Hill
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA hill in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Origin
Ultimately named after Hong Kong businessman Lee Hysan (利希慎) (1879-1928).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 利園山 /利园山
- 利園山 /利园山hill in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 利園山 /利园山
- 利園山 /利园山hill in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Lee Garden Hill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lee%20Garden%20Hill
“Lee Garden Hill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lee%20Garden%20Hill. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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