灣 (waan1 | wan1) : bay; cove; inlet; gulf

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灣

waan1

wan1

[1] [n] bay; cove; inlet; gulf [2] the bend of stream [3] [v] anchor; moor

Stroke count: 25

Level: 4

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

灣 / 湾

Don't confuse with:
彎變戀孌燮

This word has been viewed 8193 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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台灣 toi4 waan1 tai2 wan1 = Taiwan

臺灣 toi4 waan1 tai2 wan1 = Taiwan

灣仔 waan1 zai2 wan1 zai3 = Wan Chai (MTR station)

銅鑼灣 tung4 lo4 waan1/*4 tong2 luo2 wan1 = Causeway Bay (MTR station in Hong Kong)

西灣河 sai1 waan1 ho4*2 = Sai Wan Ho (MTR station)

筲箕灣 saau1 gei1 waan1 = Shau Kei Wan (MTR station)

柴灣 caai4 waan1 = Chai Wan (MTR station)

九龍灣 gau2 lung4 waan1 = Kowloon Bay (MTR station)

長沙灣 coeng4 saa1 waan1*4 chang2 sha1 wan1 = Cheung Sha Wan (MTR station, poultry market in HK)

荃灣 cyun4 waan1 = Tsuen Wan (MTR station)
See all 57 compounds (CantoDict reports 61 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 灣

我最鐘意嘅台灣歌手就係盧廣仲粵
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.

我一點喺灣仔食晏。粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m.
["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]

香港先進過台灣粵
Hong Kong is more advanced than Taiwan.
[Lit. Hong Kong advanced surpass Taiwan]

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

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Decimal representation of this word: 灣
Unicode code for this character: U+7063 (off-site link)

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