新界

Xīnjiè

proper noun #98,140

Meanings

1 the New Territories, the part of Hong Kong north of Kowloon, up to the Shenzhen border

Characters

boundary; territory

Examples

HSK 5

他家住在新界，每天坐火车去九龙上班。

Tā jiā zhù zài Xīnjiè, měi tiān zuò huǒchē qù Jiǔlóng shàngbān.

He lives in the New Territories and takes the train to Kowloon for work every day.

HSK 6

英国向清政府租借新界，租期是九十九年。

Yīngguó xiàng Qīng zhèngfǔ zūjiè Xīnjiè, zūqī shì jiǔshíjiǔ nián.

Britain leased the New Territories from the Qing government for ninety-nine years.

Tips

history

The lease ran from 1898 to 1997, and its coming end is what led Britain and China to agree on the return of all of Hong Kong in 1997: without the New Territories, which held most of its land and water, the rest of the colony could not stand alone. Its towns include 沙田, 元朗 and 大埔.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

界 jiè