鹹水埠

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Chinese

salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar
a jetty; port; a city
a jetty; port; a city; quay
 
trad. (鹹水埠) 鹹水
simp. (咸水埠) 咸水

Pronunciation


Proper noun

鹹水埠

  1. (dated) Chinatown (a neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada)
  2. (dated) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)

Descendants

  • English: Saltwater City (calque)

References

  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia, page 14