沙頭角

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	head; (noun suffix)	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (沙頭角)		沙	頭	角
simp. (沙头角)		沙	头	角

Etymology

Allegedly from the following line, composed by a visiting official in the Qing dynasty:

日出沙頭，月懸海角。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
日出沙头，月悬海角。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Rì chū shātóu, yuè xuán hǎijiǎo. [Pinyin]

The sun rises from the beach; the moon hangs above the cape.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shātóujiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ tau⁴ gok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shātóujiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shatóujiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Sha¹-tʻou²-chiao³
    • Yale: Shā-tóu-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shatourjeau
    • Palladius: Шатоуцзяо (Šatouczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ tau⁴ gok³
    • Yale: sā tàuh gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ tau⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ teo⁴ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

沙頭角

1. Sha Tau Kok (an area in Hong Kong)
2. (～街道) Shatoujiao (a subdistrict of Yantian district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
3. (～社區) Shatoujiao (a residential community of Shatoujiao, Yantian district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)

Noun

沙頭角

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) somewhere remote or distant

   沙頭角咁遠／沙头角咁远 [Cantonese]  ―  saa¹ tau⁴ gok³ gam³ jyun⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  as distant as Sha Tau Kok