西營盤

Chinese

		west	military camp; barracks
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 the early British military established a military camp at West Point (西角, now a disused placename), a location west of Possession Point (水坑口) that lies in present day Sai Ying Pun.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīyíngpán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹xi-hhin-boe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyíngpán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄥˊ 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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹xi-hhin-boe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦɪɲ³³ b̥ø²¹/

Proper noun

西營盤

Sai Ying Pun (an area in Hong Kong)

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