Tsuen Wan

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Tsun Wan, Tsin Wan, Ts'ün Wán

Etymology

From Cantonese 荃灣 (cyun⁴ waan¹).

Proper noun

Tsuen Wan

1. An area and town in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2017 September 12, Maggie Suen, “You're missing out if you haven't discovered the hidden gems and history of Tsuen Wan”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 02, 2021, Lifestyle:

     Tsuen Wan was one of Hong Kong’s most densely populated districts during the 1960s, thanks to migrant workers from the mainland arriving in the area to provide labour for the textile industry. The migrants also invested in property which helped the area to prosper.

   • 2019 November 10, “Hong Kong protests continue amid rage at activist death”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 10 November 2019, News‎^[3]:

     The northwestern district of Tsuen Wan also saw police firing tear gas to disperse protesters chased from the Citywalk shopping mall.

   • 2021 December 17, Alice Fung, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong public gears up to vote amid new election laws”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 2021-12-17‎^[5]:

     He ran in the 2019 district council elections, beating veteran pro-establishment politician Michael Tien in the Tsuen Wan district.

3. A rural committee in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荃灣／荃湾 (cyun⁴ waan¹)

district of Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荃灣區／荃湾区 (cyun⁴ waan¹ keoi¹)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荃灣鄉事委員會／荃湾乡事委员会 (cyun⁴ waan¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Tsuen Wan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3228, column 1
• Tsuen Wan, Tsun Wan, Tsin Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.