銅鑼灣
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Chinese
| bronze gong; Tongluo | bay; gulf | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (銅鑼灣) | 銅鑼 | 灣 | |
| simp. (铜锣湾) | 铜锣 | 湾 | |
| alternative forms | 銅鑼環／铜锣环 "Causeway Bay" | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tung4 lo4 waan1 / tung4 lo4 waan4
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): Tâng-lô-oan
- (Teochew, Peng'im): dang5 lo5 uang1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6don-lu-ue
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tóngluówan
- Wade–Giles: Tʻung2-lo2-wan1
- Yale: Túng-lwó-wān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Torngluouan
- Palladius: Тунловань (Tunlovanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung4 lo4 waan1 / tung4 lo4 waan4
- Yale: tùhng lòh wāan / tùhng lòh wàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung4 lo4 waan1 / tung4 lo4 waan4
- Guangdong Romanization: tung4 lo4 wan1 / tung4 lo4 wan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/, /tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: tung4 lo4 waan4 - alternative pronunciation for Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâng-lô-oan
- Tâi-lô: Tâng-lô-uan
- Phofsit Daibuun: dangloi'oafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ¹³⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dang5 lo5 uang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng lô uang
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Proper noun
銅鑼灣
- Causeway Bay (an area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong)
- (historical) Tongluowan (now Tongluo Township, Miaoli, Taiwan)