邵氏
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Chinese
| surname; place name | clan name; maiden name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (邵氏) |
邵 | 氏 | |
Etymology
From English Special Branch, which was shortened as SB and have the same initialism with Shaw Brothers Studio, a defunct film production company in Hong Kong.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu6 si6
- Yale: siuh sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu6 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu6 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯²² siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
邵氏
- (Hong Kong, informal, historical) the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force
- 2018, 葉愷, chapter 8, in 特立獨行錄：警察生涯四十年, →ISBN, page 112:
- 翌日，報章刊登周總理不在機上，11名乘客和5名機組人員喪生，其中8名是出席「萬隆會議」的中共代表團成員。數天後，邵氏拘捕了曾參與該機檢查維修、清潔加油等機場人員。
- Yìrì, bàozhāng kāndēng zhōu zǒnglǐ bù zài jī shàng, 11 míng chéngkè hé 5 míng jīzǔ rényuán sàngshēng, qízhōng 8 míng shì chūxí “wànlóng huìyì” de zhōnggòng dàibiǎo tuán chéngyuán. Shù tiān hòu, shàoshì jūbǔ le céng cānyǔ gāi jī jiǎnchá wéixiū, qīngjié jiāyóu děng jīchǎng rényuán.
- The next day, newspapers reported that Premier Zhou didn't board the plane. 11 passengers and 5 crew members died, in which 8 were members of CCP delegation who participated the Bandung Conference. A few days later, Special Branch (members) arrested airport staff who were involved in repairing, cleaning and fueling of the aircraft.
翌日，报章刊登周总理不在机上，11名乘客和5名机组人员丧生，其中8名是出席「万隆会议」的中共代表团成员。数天后，邵氏拘捕了曾参与该机检查维修、清洁加油等机场人员。