筲箕灣

Chinese

		strainer basket used for washing rice or vegetables or for holding food	bay; gulf
trad. (筲箕灣)		筲箕	灣
simp. (筲箕湾)		筲箕	湾

Etymology

"Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong": Attested in 粵大記 [1595] as 稍箕灣／稍箕湾.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shāojīwān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠㄐㄧㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sau-ci-ue

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shāojīwān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄐㄧㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shaojiwan
  - Wade–Giles: Shao¹-chi¹-wan¹
  - Yale: Shāu-jī-wān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaujiuan
  - Palladius: Шаоцзивань (Šaoczivanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
  - Yale: sāau gēi wāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sao¹ géi¹ wan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sau-ci-ue
  - MiniDict: sau^平 ci ue
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau-ji-ue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ue²¹/

Proper noun

筲箕灣

Shau Kei Wan (an area of Eastern district, Hong Kong)
Aldrich Bay (a bay in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong)
(～鎮) Shaojiwan (a town in Yuanling, Huaihua, Hunan, China)

Descendants

→ English: Shau Kei Wan, Shaukiwan, Shaojiwan