Tai Hang

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 大坑 (daai⁶ haang¹).

Proper noun

Tai Hang

1. An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2013 September 25, Aric Chen, “A Hong Kong Neighborhood That’s a Lot Like Brooklyn”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Food, Travel‎^[2]:

     For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.

   • 2020 May 23, Jessie Pang, Donny Kwok, Anne Marie Roantree, “Hong Kongers fret over Beijing's planned new security laws”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 23 May 2020, World‎^[4]:

     “We are not wealthy people and not financially sound. To earn a living is of the utmost importance so as to feed my family,” said Ben Ip, 45, a mechanic and owner of a vehicle paint shop in the city’s Tai Hang district.

   • 2023 September 29, “Hong Kong ‘living tradition’ of fire dragon dance returns to Tai Hang after 3-year hiatus”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[5], sourced from AFP, archived from the original on 12 October 2024, Hong Kong:

     Smoke and fire swirled in the heady air, wafting from the dragon’s 67-metre (219-feet) body which is made up of thousands of incense sticks.
     The dragon was hoisted by hundreds of volunteers who danced and bounded along the streets of the Tai Hang neighbourhood in a raucous parade.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大坑 (daai⁶ haang¹)