灣仔

Chinese

		bay; gulf	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (灣仔)		灣	仔
simp. (湾仔)		湾	仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wānzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ zai²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wānzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wanzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Wan¹-tsai³
    • Yale: Wān-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uantzae
    • Palladius: Ваньцзай (Vanʹczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ zai²
    • Yale: wāan jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsy
    • MiniDict: ue^平 tse; ue^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ t͡se²¹/, /ue⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Note: Though there is an established Shanghainese userbase in Hong Kong, there does not seem to be a clear consensus on the pronunciation. 1ue tse is more common, however.

Proper noun

灣仔

1. Wan Chai (an area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong region)
2. (～區) Wan Chai (a district of Hong Kong region)
3. Wan Tsai (a place in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong region)
4. (～街道) Wanzai (a subdistrict of Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China)