Tin Shui Wai
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 天水圍/天水围 (tin1 seoi2 wai4).
Proper noun
editTin Shui Wai
- 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[1], 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[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-27, Asia Pacific[3]:
- 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.