Tai Wai

For the village in Yuen Long District, see Tai Wai Tsuen (Yuen Long District). For other uses, see Tai Wai (disambiguation).

Tai Wai
Tai Wai area is the home of several historic villages. This is the entrance gate of Chik Chuen Wai aka. Tai Wai.
Traditional Chinese大圍
Simplified Chinese大围
Literal meaningBig Encirclement
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàwéi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaai wàih
JyutpingDaai3 wai4
IPAtāːi wɐ̏i
Aerial view of Sha Tin (foreground), Tai Wai (centre) and the Shing Mun River, looking southwest. The mountains at the back mark the limit between the New Territories and New Kowloon, which is located beyond.
Tai Wai on the "Map of the San-On District" by Simeone Volonteri (1866)
View of Sha Tin New Town under development in 1983, looking northeast toward the Shing Mun River and Tolo Harbour. Tai Wai is in the foreground.
Aerial view of Tai Wai Village and surrounding area in 2018.

Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍 /ˌtaɪ ˈwaɪ/) is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District.

With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini and several trunk roads and tunnels connecting it to other parts of the New Territories, such as Tsuen Wan, and Kowloon, Tai Wai is an important transport node in Hong Kong.