灣仔

Chinese

		bay; gulf	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (灣仔)		灣	仔
simp. (湾仔)		湾	仔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wānzǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢㄗㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ zai²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wānzǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢㄗㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wanzǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Wan¹-tsai³
  - Yale: Wān-dzǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uantzae
  - Palladius: Ваньцзай (Vanʹczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan¹ zai²
  - Yale: wāan jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹ue-tse; ¹ue-tsr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue⁵⁵ t͡se²¹/, /ue⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Note: Though there is an established Shanghainese userbase in Hong Kong, there does not seem to be a clear consensus on the pronunciation. 1ue tse is more common, however.

Proper noun

灣仔

Wan Chai (an area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong)
(～區) Wan Chai (a district of Hong Kong)
Wan Tsai (a place in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)

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