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Meaning of Tai Po | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An area and town in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
  3. A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Although there is very little information in either their written or oral records about how Ho Chung was settled, it is interesting that the immigrant Wai-Pun was discriminated against in Tai Po, a market town dominated by Cantonese, and that his son moved to Cheung Shue Tan, a large Hakka village, two kilometers southeast of Tai Po.”
“On Friday, police found body parts in an apartment near Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s outlying New Territories.”
“It was after dark on a Tuesday evening in December 2017 when the vans pulled onto Island House Lane, a placid side street of residential complexes and community garden plots in the suburban Tai Po district.[…] The pangolin’s value has increased with its rarity — the shipment seized in Tai Po had a street value of around $300,000.”
“A 19-year-old was left seriously wounded after being attacked near the “Lennon Wall” pro-democracy message board in Tai Po on Saturday afternoon.[…] Police said the case was classified as wounding, and was under investigation by the District Investigation Team of Tai Po District.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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