Tai Hang

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 大坑 (daai⁶ haang¹).

Proper noun

Tai Hang

1. An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2013 September 25, Aric Chen, “A Hong Kong Neighborhood That’s a Lot Like Brooklyn”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Food, Travel‎^[2]:

     For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.

   • 2020 May 23, Jessie Pang, Donny Kwok, Anne Marie Roantree, “Hong Kongers fret over Beijing's planned new security laws”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 23 May 2020, World‎^[4]:

     “We are not wealthy people and not financially sound. To earn a living is of the utmost importance so as to feed my family,” said Ben Ip, 45, a mechanic and owner of a vehicle paint shop in the city’s Tai Hang district.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大坑 (daai⁶ haang¹)