Wan Chai

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 灣仔／湾仔 (waan¹ zai²).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑːn t͡ʃaɪ/, /wæn t͡ʃaɪ/

Proper noun

Wan Chai

1. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2019 May 13, Jennifer Creery, “Dazed and confused: Hong Kong’s tourists at risk of drink spiking in Wan Chai”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 September 2024, HKFP Features:

     Unbeknownst to him, as he was taken into custody, the businessman had become a victim of drink spiking – a crime seen in Wan Chai, a district bristled with clubs and watering holes.

   • 2019 September 29, Mike Ives, Keith Bradsher, Andrew Jacobs, “Major Clashes Erupt in Hong Kong Ahead of China’s National Day”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-30‎^[3]:

     As dusk fell, demonstrators in the Wan Chai district continued to toss Molotov cocktails at the police while the clanging of bricks on metal street signs — the protesters’ call to arms — echoed through a canyon of tall apartment buildings.

2. An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2019 September 26, Shibani Mahtani, Tiffany Liang, “Hong Kong’s embattled leader faces barrage of criticism at ‘dialogue’ session”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-26, Asia & Pacific‎^[5]:

     The flavor of the event was clear from the outset. Police had planned various routes to bring Lam into and out of the stadium, a 3,500-seat indoor sports arena in the Wan Chai district, after forums online discussed blocking her path.

   • 2021 September 19, “Hong Kong: 'Patriots only' election starts without pro-democracy candidates”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[6], archived from the original on 19 September 2021, News‎^[7]:

     Four activists from the League of Social Democrats, a pro-democracy political party, staged a small protest near a polling station in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai neighborhood. The activists displayed banners that criticized using this "small circle election" to showcase "public opinion." The police stopped and searched the protesters.

Alternative forms

• (area in Hong Kong): Wanchai

Translations

district of Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 灣仔區／湾仔区 (waan¹ zai² keoi¹)

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 灣仔／湾仔 (waan¹ zai²)