Po Toi

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 蒲台 (pou⁴ toi⁴).

Proper noun

Po Toi

1. An island group in Islands district, Hong Kong.
2. An island in Po Toi, Islands district, Hong Kong.
   • 1954 April 5, “Sequel To Raid On Aberdeen Fishing Junk”, in China Mail‎^[1], number 35783, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:

     Mr Blair-Kerr went on to say that the place where the offence occurred was just off Brick Hill, or Wong Chuk Hang, near Aberdeen. The complainant, Chan For-tai, would give evidence that he, his wife, mother and two brothers, set off in their fishing junk about 2 a.m., on January 5 to fish. They sailed south from Aberdeen, then eastwards towards Wong Chuk Hang, and were heading for an island further south, Po Toi.

   • 2014 May 5, Gerry Mullany, Keith Bradsher, “11 Missing After Cargo Ships Collide Near Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 05, 2014, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     One person was rescued following the 3 a.m. accident about three miles off Po Toi Island, which is just southeast of Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea.

Translations

island group; islands

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蒲台 (pou⁴ toi⁴)

Further reading

• Po Toi at Google Ngram Viewer