Sheung Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 上環／上环 (soeng⁶ waan⁴).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɜːŋ wɑːn/, /ʃɜːŋ wæn/

Proper noun

Sheung Wan

1. An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
   • 2012 June 29, Sisi Tang, Stephen Aldred, Tan Ee Lyn, Clarie Lee, “Memo to Hong Kong's new leader: must clear the air”, in James Pomfret, Nick Macfie, editors, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 November 2024, Environment:

     Newspaper vendor Chung Tang, 74, knows just how bad it can be, working all day at a bus stop in Sheung Wan, a busy neighborhood next to the Central business district where pollution-free trams trundle along metal rails, between the cars and buses, just as they have done for more than 100 years. […]
     Tang was referring to a government measure to ban idling engines on streets, especially in densely populated pockets of Hong Kong island, like Sheung Wan, where narrow, poorly ventilated streets help concentrated emissions collect.

   • 2019 July 28, Shibani Mahtani, “Hong Kong clashes turn streets into tear-gas filled battleground for second day in a row”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2019, Asia & Pacific‎^[3]:

     Police and protesters alike shouted warnings to residents to close their windows and protect themselves from tear gas. But the noxious gas fired around the trendy Sheung Wan neighborhood just west of central Hong Kong seeped into packed residential buildings, hotels and air-conditioning systems.

   • 2021 June 20, Tiffany May, “In the New Hong Kong, Booksellers Walk a Fine Line”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-20‎^[5]:

     At Mount Zero, a jewel-box-size bookstore in the Sheung Wan district, the owner hosts visits by politically controversial authors.

2. (historical) A district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上環／上环 (soeng⁶ waan⁴)

Further reading

• Sheung Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.