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

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 in 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
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