灣城

Chinese

		phonetic	city walls; city; town
trad. (灣城)		灣	城
simp. (湾城)		湾	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wānchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wānchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wanchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Wan¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Wān-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uancherng
    • Palladius: Ваньчэн (Vanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: wāan sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

灣城

1. (dated) Havana (a city, the capital city of Cuba)
   • 2016 January 16, “闖拉美 CH01 古巴” (33m41s from the start), in 華人移民史‎^[1], RTHK:

     「因爲喺古巴好似冇苦瓜賣噉呀，而家？」「灣城乜都冇。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「因为喺古巴好似冇苦瓜卖噉呀，而家？」「湾城乜都冇。」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     “jan¹ wai⁴ hai² gu² baa¹ hou² ci⁵ mou⁵ fu² gwaa¹ maai⁶ gam² aa³, ji⁴ gaa¹?” “waan¹ sing⁴ mat¹ dou¹ mou⁵.” [Jyutping]

     "It seems like no one sells bittermelons in Cuba now, right?" "Havana has nothing."

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 夏灣拿／夏湾拿 (Xiàwānná)
• 哈瓦那 (Hāwǎnà)