Meanings
- An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
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.
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 Jan 2024, Business, HKFP Buzz, Politics & Protest3 more examples
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.
1992, Brian Nicholson, chapter 16, in 1997: A Conspiracy to Destroy Hong Kong, Saffron Walden, Essex: Bear Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252Huang 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.
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 211Nestled 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.
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 Nov 2024, Leisure
Origin
- Cantonese石塘咀
- EnglishShek Tong Tsui
From Cantonese 石塘咀 (sek⁶ tong⁴ zeoi²).
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Chinese Cantonese 石塘咀
- 石塘咀 (sek⁶ tong⁴ zeoi²)area in Hong Kong
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Shek Tong Tsui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shek%20Tong%20Tsui
“Shek Tong Tsui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shek%20Tong%20Tsui. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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