跑马地

跑馬地
Pǎomǎdì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Happy Valley, area of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, home of the Happy Valley Racecourse

Examples

HSK 2
Pǎomǎdì lí Tóngluówān hěn jìn.
Happy Valley is very close to Causeway Bay.
HSK 7-9
Měi ge xīngqīsān wǎnshang, hěnduō rén qù Pǎomǎdì kàn sàimǎ.
Every Wednesday evening lots of people go to Happy Valley to watch the horse races.

Tips

culture
The racecourse has been running since 1846, and its Wednesday night race meetings are a fixture of Hong Kong life. The Chinese name means "horse-running ground".
mistakes
Don't mix it up with the theme parks called 欢乐谷: they are also "Happy Valley" in English, but the Hong Kong neighbourhood is 跑马地.

Stroke Order

跑 pǎo
马 mǎ
地 dì