Wan Chai

From Cantonese 灣仔／湾仔 (waan¹ zai²).

• IPA^(key): /wɑːn t͡ʃaɪ/, /wæn t͡ʃaɪ/

Wan Chai

1. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2019 September 29, Mike Ives, Keith Bradsher, Andrew Jacobs, “Major Clashes Erupt in Hong Kong Ahead of China’s National Day”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-30‎:

     As dusk fell, demonstrators in the Wan Chai district continued to toss Molotov cocktails at the police while the clanging of bricks on metal street signs — the protesters’ call to arms — echoed through a canyon of tall apartment buildings.

2. An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2019 September 26, Shibani Mahtani, Tiffany Liang, “Hong Kong’s embattled leader faces barrage of criticism at ‘dialogue’ session”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-26, Asia & Pacific‎:

     The flavor of the event was clear from the outset. Police had planned various routes to bring Lam into and out of the stadium, a 3,500-seat indoor sports arena in the Wan Chai district, after forums online discussed blocking her path.

   • 2021 September 19, “Hong Kong: 'Patriots only' election starts without pro-democracy candidates”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 19 September 2021, News‎:

     Four activists from the League of Social Democrats, a pro-democracy political party, staged a small protest near a polling station in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai neighborhood. The activists displayed banners that criticized using this "small circle election" to showcase "public opinion." The police stopped and searched the protesters.

• (area in Hong Kong): Wanchai