粵

新san1市si5鎮zan3

simp新市镇
san1 si5 zan3xīn shì zhèn

English

  1. new town; planned community
  2. planned community ----
  3. new towns of Hong Kong

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 經過計劃發展嘅新城市或大型社區(量詞:個)
  2. 特指香港政府為咗分散人口而發展嘅市鎮(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 將軍澳係第三代新市鎮。

    Tseung Kwan O is a third-generation new town.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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