粵

世sai3運wan6

simp世运
sai3 wan6Shì yùn

English

  1. World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shi4 jie4 Yun4 dong4 hui4])
  2. the World Games ----
  3. (old) (Tw, HK) Olympic Games
  4. a dated term in Hong Kong till 1984 to address the Olympic Games; now it is only used in the names of Olympic Garden 世運花園 (colloquially known as "Olympic Park" 世運公園) and Olympic Avenue 世運道 in Kowloon City

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 世界運動會嘅簡稱,係一個國際綜合體育競賽;1981年創辦,每四年一屆,競賽項目以非奧運會嘅項目為主
  2. 香港直至1984年對奧林匹克運動會嘅俗稱;而家只係保留喺九龍城世運花園(俗稱世運公園)同世運道嘅名入面

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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