Yaumatei

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A form of Yau Ma Tei — An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yau Ma Tei.

    Jimmy Sham was taken to Yaumatei's Kwong Wah Hospital on Wednesday evening, a short distance from the scene of the attack in Mong Kok.

    2019 October 16, Holmes Chan, Tom Grundy, “Hong Kong protest leader Jimmy Sham attacked by men wielding hammers, Civil Front says”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2021, Hong Kong
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    Because so much of Hong Kong's commercial life takes place on the street, strolling around the city's older districts puts you as close to the traditional Chinese way as you will want to get. Both the Yaumatei (on the Kowloon side) and Central and Western districts (on the island side) have been graced with Walking Tour maps produced by the Hong Kong Tourist Association, and both are excellent starting points.

    1990 January 7, Kenneth Turan, “FAR AND NEAR CORNERS OF THE FAR EAST”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017

    Many of the dead, their bodies badly charred, were found on the top floors of the commercial and residential Garley building on the busy Nathan road, a major shopping thoroughfare in the crowded Yaumatei district on the Kowloon Peninsula.

    1996 November 21, “32 Are Killed in Fire In Hong Kong High-Rise”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2017, World

    "There's been no effect on our business," said Wong Sing-fan, the bespectacled boss of the 56-year-old Mido cafe in Yaumatei, as she stood behind her cash register. "I welcome the ban."

    2007 August 9, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong adjusts slowly to citywide smoking ban”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2023, World
Cite this entry
APA

Yaumatei. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yaumatei

MLA

“Yaumatei.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yaumatei. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yaumatei,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yaumatei.

Source: Yaumatei on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.