西營盤

Chinese

		west	military camp; barracks; Nikolaevka
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 a fortification set up by pirates in present day Sai Ying Pun.[1] A commonly cited folk etymology is that Sai Ying Pun is named after a military camp established by the early British military at West Point (西角, now a disused placename), a location west of Possession Point (水坑口).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīyíngpán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹shi-yin-boe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyíngpán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄥˊ 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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-yin-boe
  - MiniDict: shi^平 yin boe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-hhin-boe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦin³³ bø²¹/

Proper noun

西營盤

Sai Ying Pun (an area in Hong Kong)

References

Alfred Y.K. Lau (1995) “The Origin of Sai Ying Pun: A Pirate's Fortification or a British Military Encampment?”, in Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, volume 35, pages 59-73

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[1] Alfred Y.K. Lau (1995) “The Origin of Sai Ying Pun: A Pirate's Fortification or a British Military Encampment?”, in Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, volume 35, pages 59-73