Stanley, Hong Kong
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| Chinese | 赤柱 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | "Bandit's post" or "red pillar" |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chìzhù |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Cak5 Cu4 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| IPA | [tsʰɛ̄ːk tɕʰȳː] |
| Jyutping | Cek3 Cyu3 |
Stanley is a town and a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located on a peninsula on Hong Kong Island. It is east of Repulse Bay and west of Shek O, adjacent to Chung Hom Kok. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District.
The Chinese name "Chek Chue" refers to the original village-town but "Stanley" generally refers to all the surrounding areas of the peninsula.
There are two possible origins of the name "Chek Chue".
Legend has it that the notorious pirate Cheung Po Tsai was active in Stanley. That is why the district became known in Cantonese as Chak Chue (Chinese: 賊柱; literally: "Bandit's Post"). There was once a Cheung Po Tsai Cave near the Tin Hau Temple west of Stanley, but the cave was filled in the early 1950s.
The original Cantonese name of the village was believed to be based on a big tall cotton tree (Bombax malabaricum, Bombax ceiba 木棉樹) often covered with bright red blossoms at the time, hence red pillar (赤柱) in Hakka language.
It was given an English name after Lord Stanley (subsequently Earl of Derby), British Colonial Secretary at the time of the cession of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, and subsequently Prime Minister.
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