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

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