荃灣

Chinese

		(fragrant plant)	bay; gulf
trad. (荃灣)		荃	灣
simp. (荃湾)		荃	湾

Etymology

From 淺灣／浅湾 (literally “shallow bay”), which is attested in 粵大記 [1595].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Quánwān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ waan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Quánwān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cyuánwan
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻüan²-wan¹
    • Yale: Chywán-wān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyuanuan
    • Palladius: Цюаньвань (Cjuanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ wän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ waan¹
    • Yale: chyùhn wāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ waan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

荃灣

1. Tsuen Wan (an area in Hong Kong)
2. (～區) Tsuen Wan District (a district of Hong Kong)