Meanings
- Synonym of Sanshui: the Cantonese-derived name.
When we went back, the Samsui county, like government ... [received us] with red carpet ... really big shot [that is, treated as important guests].
2014, Kelvin E.Y. Low, quoting Chan Yun, “Local and Transnational Entanglements”, in Remembering the Samsui Women: Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China, UBC Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 931 more example
It’s believed that between 1934 and 1938 close to 200,000 of these women arrived in Singapore and Malaya. One group that stood out from the throng were those women who hailed from Guangdong’s Samsui county (in Mandarin Sanshui, literally ‘three rivers’).
2009, Mark R. Frost, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, “A Woman's World”, in Ibrahim Tahir, editor, Singapore: A Biography, Singapore: Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd; National Museum of Singapore, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 204Synonyms: Sanshui
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Sanshui: the Cantonese-derived name.
Origin
From Cantonese 三水 (saam1 seoi2).
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Samsui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samsui
“Samsui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samsui. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Samsui,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samsui.
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