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149 S S B Sai Kung salt-baked chicken samfoo sampan sampan congee samshu sandwich class sars school brother/sister second kitchen sedan chair Sevens, Hong Kong Seven Sisters Festival Sham Shui Po District shan Shanghai foot Shanghailanders Shanghainese shao mai Sha Tin Shenzhen Sheung Shui Shing Mun River shoe of gold shoeshine boy short-time hotel shroff shroffing shu mai -side sifu silk-stocking milk tea si mutt lai cha sitting-out area siu mai siu mei small chow smelly (stinky) tofu snakehead SoHo Southern District spiders (spidermen) spirit money splittist staffs Stonecutter’s Island Suzie Wong swallow nest sycee 150 S Sai Kung /saɪ kuŋ/ n. Source language: Cantonese (西貢). Definition: a town, park and district in the southeastern New Territories. salt-baked chicken n. Definition: a chicken dish baked inside a heap of hot salt, simply cooked in brine or covered with a salty mixture before steaming it or baking it in an oven. Text example: “The menu includes such signature Hakka dishes as the delicious salt-baked chicken, handmade fish balls and braised meats and tofu, as well as a twist on Shanghainese drunken chicken, done here with a sweet, delicate rose flavor.” samfoo (also samfu) /samfu:/ n. Source language: Cantonese (⻧⾃). Definition: a style of clothing consisting of a highnecked jacket and loose pants, no longer common. Text example: 1 “Stock changes regularly at stalls likes these, so come back in summer for rayon blouses and delicately patterned, lightweightsamfoo (pyjama suit) outfits.” 2 “In the 70’s my friends had middle-aged amahs with green jade earrings and black samfu.” sampan /sa:mpən/ n. Source language: Cantonese (⧘⧛). Definition: a small, flat-bottomed boat. Sai Kung ▸ 151 S Text example: “On 29 April 2004 at about 1330, an open sampan fitted with outboard engine was reported to have sunk near the coast of Tai Long Wan in Sai Kung.” Note: From the Cantonese number three, sam, and boards, pan, which was probably a reference to the original size of the boat. sampan (drawing by Adrian Cennydd Petyt) sampan congee n. Definition: a popular Hong Kong variety of congee with a variety of ingredients often including seafood, pork, and tofu. Text example: “A bowl of sampan congee with one fried bread stick contains 49 grams of fat, which is more than half of the amountneededbyanormalperson,andaratherhighlevel of saturated fat and cholesterol.” See: boat congee, congee. samshu (also samsu, samshoo) /sa:mʃu:/ n. Source language: Chinese Pidgin English. Definition: an alcoholic beverage made from rice. ▸ samshu 152 S Text example: 1 “They consented, and themselves procured some samshu. All apparently drank from the same brew, but thehostwastheonlyoneaffected.” 2 “The difficulty is that the alternative to toddy is samsu, a drinkofsuchpeculiarpotencythattheTamilfeelsitiswell worth the extra cost.” 3 “Salted meat and fish is soaked in sweet samshoo spiced withRedCardamomSeeds.” sandwich class idiomatic expression. Definition: those Hong Kong people “sandwiched” between the untaxed poor, who receive housing benefits, and the under-taxed rich; a synonym for “middle class.” Text example: “Attention was focused on the plight of the so-called sandwich class.” sars /sa:z/ n. Definition: derived from the acronym for severe acute respiratory syndrome, a disease caused by the SARSCoV coronavirus. Text example: “I remember last year at the end of the Sars crisis in Hong KongandChina...” Note: The spelling and the corresponding pronunciation indicates that the acronym “SARS” is used as a regular word. school brother/sister n. Definition: a person from the same school. sandwich class ▸ 153 S Text example: 1 “Making its DVD debut, The Prisoner is actually ten years old, and marks another pairing of Jackie with his old opera school brother, and a martial arts star and director in his own right, Sammo Hung.” 2 “My school sister who likes my friend called me to ask how to get the number of my friend.” Underlying conceptualization: A FELLOW MEMBER OF A SOCIAL GROUP ONE BELONGS TO IS A SIBLING [TARGET DOMAIN ∆ FELLOW MEMBER OF A SOCIAL GROUP] [SOURCE DOMAIN ∆ FAMILY]. See: big brother. second kitchen idiomatic expression. Definition: 1 the provisional legislature set up in Shenzhen prior to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong; 2 the practice of a married son and his wife living with his parents. Text example: 1 “The alternative course was to put in place the ‘second kitchen’—a process whereby the 150 members of the PreparatoryCommitteewouldpreparetoappointaChief Executive and a provisional legislature in 1996.” 2 “Establishing a ‘second...