Shek O

See also: she'kö

English

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) Shicko, Shiako, Sheko

Etymology

From Cantonese 石澳 (sek6 ou3), when the initial of the first syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Proper noun

Shek O

  1. A village in Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2002, Jules Brown, Hong Kong & Macau, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 106:
      The bus drops you at the small bus station in Shek O village. Walk down the road to the roundabout and the beach is ahead of you, behind the car park.
    • 2013, Simon Ostheimer, “Hong Kong's 'Must See' Sights”, in Hong Kong Tuttle Travel Pack: Your Guide to Hong Kong's Best Sights for Every Budget, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [1]:
      Located at the end of a peninsula and only accessible via a narrow, sharply winding road, the little beachside village of Shek O is worlds away from the towers of Central.
    • 2017, Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia On A Budget, Penguin, →ISBN:
      In the far east of the island, Shek O is Hong Kong's most remote and exclusive settlement – house numbers on Shek O Road refer not to location but to when the owner became a member of the golf club and therefore allowed to build there.
  2. An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2023, Travel‎[3]:
      Shek O, not far from Big Wave Bay, is almost Mediterranean in aspect. A wide beach with shops and restaurants nearby, it has refreshment kiosks, barbecue pits, lifeguards, swimming rafts, playgrounds, changing rooms, showers, and toilets.
    • 2013 February 1, Farah Master, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Hong Kong for festive fun”, in Elaine Lies, editor, Reuters‎[4], archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Lifestyle:
      If feeling a little tender in the morning and not up for a big climb, you can get a double decker bus to Stanley or opt for the flat walk, which snakes around the hills rather than going up and down. Dragon's Back hike in Shek O is another great alternative and better for those travelling with children.

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