西營盤

Chinese

		west	military camp; barracks; Nikolaevka
trad. (西營盤)		西	營盤
simp. (西营盘)		西	营盘

Etymology

Composed of 西 (sai1, “west”) and 營盤 (jing4 pun4, “camp”), as a fortification set up by pirates in present day Sai Ying Pun. A commonly cited folk etymology is that Sai Ying Pun is named after a military camp established by the early British military at West Point (西角, now a disused placename), a location west of Possession Point (水坑口).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīyíngpán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-yin-boe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyíngpán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siyíngpán
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-ying²-pʻan²
    • Yale: Syī-yíng-pán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiyngparn
    • Palladius: Сиинпань (Siinpanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
    • Yale: sāi yìhng pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ying⁴ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-yin-boe
    • MiniDict: shi^平 yin boe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-hhin-boe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦin³³ bø²¹/

Proper noun

西營盤

1. Sai Ying Pun (an area in Hong Kong)