粵

環waan4頭tau4

simp环头
waan4 tau4huán tóu

English

  1. turf; area of control (spoken)
  2. an area, a territory ----
  3. an area covered by police on beat ----
  4. an area controlled by a triad group

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 港英初期,香港島北岸嘅維多利亞城嘅四個較大嘅行政區劃,稱為「四環」,當時香港俗稱做「環頭」。(四環以外嘅地方,例如港島東部同南部,稱為「環尾」)。參見四環九約。
  2. 香港警察所劃分嘅警區
  3. 黑社會嘅勢力範圍

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

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