Meanings
- A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
The Tian Tan Buddha is on Lantau Island, west of the airport — nearly as far as Tai O.
2016, Amelia Autin, A Father's Desperate Rescue, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1942 more examples
A short ride down the hill by bus is the fishing village of Tai O, once the source of most of the colony's salt, now surrounded by abandoned salt pans through which white herons carefully pick their way. With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism.
1991 October 13, Simon Elegant, “Hong Kong's Other Islands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024, TravelVillagers of flood-prone Tai O have begun preparations for what could be one of the strongest storms to hit Hong Kong since records began.
2018 September 15, Jennifer Creery, “Residents of flood-prone Tai O brace for Super Typhoon Mangkhut as some choose to stay put”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024, Hong Kong - A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Origin
- Cantonese大澳
- EnglishTai O
From Cantonese 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³).
More words from Cantonese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 大澳, 大澳鄉事委員會 /大澳乡事委员会
- 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³)fishing town
- 大澳鄉事委員會 /大澳乡事委员会rural committee
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Tai O. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tai%20O
“Tai O.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tai%20O. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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