Tin Shui Wai

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 天水圍/天水围 (tin1 seoi2 wai4).

Proper noun

Tin Shui Wai

  1. An area and town in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • 2011 December 21, Joy Leung, Twinnie Siu, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong to build on land sales after meeting target”, in Chris Lewis, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 07 January 2024, Markets:
      The sole commercial site is in the town of Tin Shui Wai, in the northwestern New Territories, where the government hopes to boost the economy. The suburban high-rise town has been dubbed the "City of Tears" in local media because of its high rate of social problems.
    • 2019 September 27, Max Fisher, “‘One Country, Two Nationalisms’: The Crisis Behind Hong Kong’s Turmoil”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-27, Asia Pacific‎:
      These changes are strikingly visible in Tin Shui Wai, a suburb of high-rise housing a stone’s throw from the border with mainland China.

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