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Tsing Yi

Tsing Yi proper noun: an island of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Tsing Yi

  1. An island of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • For many years, Tsing Yi Island was relatively unimportant in terms of both population and economic activities. Up to the early 1960s, it was virtually deserted; it is separated from the Kowloon peninsula by the Rambler Channel. The population of Tsing Yi consisted principally of fishermen and...1993, Ng Hang Sau, “Mobilizing Tsing Yi Residents Against Environmental Hazards”, in Cecilia Chan, Peter Hills, editors, Limited Gains: Grassroots Mobilization and the Environment in Hong Kong...
    • The police have not caught the arsonists who burned the ship off Tsing Yi Island on Jan. 9, 1972. The fire was officially attributed to sabotage.1997 January 5, Reuters, “Hong Kong to Build Port At Site of Sunken Liner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2017, Section 1, page 7
  2. A town in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  3. A village of Tsing Yi Rural Committee, Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  4. A rural committee in Tsing Yi district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples of Tsing Yi in a sentence

  • For many years, Tsing Yi Island was relatively unimportant in terms of both population and economic activities.1993, Ng Hang Sau, “Mobilizing Tsing Yi Residents Against Environmental Hazards”, in Cecilia Chan, Peter Hills, editors, Limited Gains...
  • A coach carrying Cathay Pacific employees to Hong Kong’s airport collided with a stationary taxi on Tsing Sha Highway in Tsing Yi island at around 4.54am, crushing both vehicles.2018 November 30, Jennifer Creery, “Footage of deadly coach crash emerges, as Hong Kong leader says ‘too early’ to determine cause”, in...
  • The back half of the taxi was completely crushed and both sides of the bus were damaged with traces of blood on the outside following the crash on the island of Tsing Yi.2018 November 30, “Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash”, in France 24, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2018, Live news:

Synonyms of Tsing Yi

  • Chung Hue
  • Chunghue

Forms of Tsing Yi

alternative formTsing I

Origin of Tsing Yi

From Cantonese 青衣 (cing¹ ji¹).

Questions about Tsing Yi

What does Tsing Yi mean?
Tsing Yi means an island of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
How do you use Tsing Yi in a sentence?
For many years, Tsing Yi Island was relatively unimportant in terms of both population and economic activities.
What part of speech is Tsing Yi?
Tsing Yi is a proper noun.

Words near Tsing Yi in the dictionary

  1. Tsinanfu
  2. Tsinchow
  3. tsine
  4. Tsing
  5. Tsing Ming
  6. Tsing Yi
  7. Tsing-hai
  8. tsingala
  9. Tsinghai
  10. Tsinghua
  11. Tsingkiangpu

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