Sai Ying Pun

• Sei Ying Poon, Sei-ying-poon, Sai Ying Poon, Sy-ing-poon

From Cantonese 西營盤／西营盘 (sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴, literally “West Camp”).

• IPA^(key): /saɪ jɪŋ puːn/

Sai Ying Pun

1. An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
   • 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-14‎:

     Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”

   • 2021 March 12, Farah Master, Twinnie Siu, “COVID-19 outbreak at Hong Kong gym sends shivers through expat community”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 2021-03-12, Emerging Markets‎:

     Hong Kong’s health department told a briefing that around 47 cases were related to the outbreak at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the city’s trendy Sai Ying Pun district, which is popular with expatriate lawyers, bankers and hedge fund executives.

   • 2021 March 24, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on March 24, 2021‎:

     Some residents who had appointments to receive the Pfizer shots stood in line outside a community center in the city’s Sai Ying Pun neighborhood at about 10.30 a.m. They eventually left when it became clear the vaccines would not be administered.

• (area in Hong Kong): SYP

• Alfred Y.K. Lau (1995), “The Origin of Sai Ying Pun: A Pirate's Fortification or a British Military Encampment?”, in Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, pages 59-73
• Sai Ying Pun, Sai Ying Poon at Google Ngram Viewer