灣城

Chinese

		phonetic	city walls; city; town
trad. (灣城)		灣	城
simp. (湾城)		湾	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wānchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wānchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wanchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Wan¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Wān-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uancherng
  - Palladius: Ваньчэн (Vanʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: wāan sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

灣城

(dated) Havana (a city, the capital city of Cuba)
- 2016 January 16, “闖拉美 CH01 古巴” (33m41s from the start), in 華人移民史‎^[1], RTHK:
  
  「因爲喺古巴好似冇苦瓜賣噉呀，而家？」「灣城乜都冇。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
  「因为喺古巴好似冇苦瓜卖噉呀，而家？」「湾城乜都冇。」 [Cantonese, simp.]
  “jan¹ wai⁴ hai² gu² baa¹ hou² ci⁵ mou⁵ fu² gwaa¹ maai⁶ gam² aa³, ji⁴ gaa¹?” “waan¹ sing⁴ mat¹ dou¹ mou⁵.” [Jyutping]
  "It seems like no one sells bittermelons in Cuba now, right?" "Havana has nothing."

Synonyms

(Hong Kong) 夏灣拿／夏湾拿 (Xiàwānná)
哈瓦那 (Hāwǎnà)