西營盤

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): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
• Wu (Wiktionary): xi hhin boe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyíngpán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄥˊ 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)⁺
    • 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: xi hhin boe (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦɪɲ³³ b̥ø²¹/

Proper noun

西營盤

1. Sai Ying Pun (an area in Hong Kong)