Samshui

Examples of Samshui in a sentence

• From Canton my route lay up the West River, and as the steamer had proceeded direct from Hong Kong to Samshui, I took the opportunity of proceeding there, over the Canton-Samshui Railway.1908, A. Gorton Angier, The Far East Revisited: Essays on Political, Commercial, Social, and General Conditions in Malaya, China, Korea and...
• The Pei Kiang flows southward across Kwangtung from the Nan Shan and at Samshui splits up into a ramifying system of channels which cover most of the Canton Delta.1934, George Babock Cressey, China's Geographic Foundations: A Survey of the Land and Its People, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., →OCLC...
• Three days later, near Samshui (twenty-five miles from Canton) the rest of the cargo was confiscated by another band of agents.1958, Arthur Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., published 1973, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105:

Synonyms of Samshui

• Sanshui

Origin of Samshui

From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 三水 (saam¹ seoi²), when the initial of the second syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Questions about Samshui

What does Samshui mean?

Samshui means synonym of Sanshui: the Cantonese-derived name.

How do you use Samshui in a sentence?

From Canton my route lay up the West River, and as the steamer had proceeded direct from Hong Kong to Samshui, I took the opportunity of proceeding there, over the Canton-Samshui Railway.

What part of speech is Samshui?

Samshui is a proper noun.