Meanings
- A residential area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Jump on minibus 624A, or into a taxi, for the short hop to Island Resort in Siu Sai Wan.
2007, “Sai Wan War Cemetery”, in The Leisurely Hiker's Guide to Hong Kong, FormAsia Books Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 923 more examples
In the Chai Wan district, at the far eastern end of Hong Kong island, Lee was immersed not in the weighty issues of democracy and civil liberties, but the more mundane matters of everyday life here -- the need for a new bus stop and whether residents of the Siu Sai Wan housing estate could get an overhead walkway to avoid having to dash across a dangerous highway.
1997 September 13, Keith B. Richburg, “HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024Employers living in Siu Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island’s northeast side pay the lowest salaries in the city to domestic helpers, a survey has found.
2017 September 16, Raquel Carvalho, “Siu Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island labelled worst paying area for domestic helpers amid campaign for wage increase”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2017, Hong Kong economyMs. Tang’s inevitable contact with people who are ill has started to worry her. It did not help when she learned that someone living in a building near her own, in Siu Sai Wan, had been infected by the virus.
2020 February 18, Isabella Kwai, “How a Pharmacy Handles Mask Hoarders and Coronavirus Fears”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2020, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Cantonese小西灣 /小西湾
- EnglishSiu Sai Wan
From Cantonese 小西灣 /小西湾 (siu² sai¹ waan¹).
More words from Cantonese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 小西灣 /小西湾
- 小西灣 /小西湾 (siu² sai¹ waan¹)area in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 小西灣 /小西湾
- 小西灣 /小西湾 (Xiǎoxīwān)area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Siu Sai Wan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siu%20Sai%20Wan
“Siu Sai Wan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siu%20Sai%20Wan. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Siu Sai Wan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siu%20Sai%20Wan.
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