The name Choi-wan (彩雲;

Jyutping Jyutping is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), an academic group, in 1993. Its formal name is the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme. The LSHK advocates for ...

: ''coi² wan⁴'', ͡sʰɔːy̯³⁵ wɐn²¹ has been used to name four

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

s in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Hong Kong, and means "colourful cloud" in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

. It also refers to

Choi Wan Estate Choi Wan Estate () is a public housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Ngau Chi Wan Village and Jordan Valley and the foot of Fei Ngo Shan. The estate is divided into Choi Wan (I) Estate () and ...

, a public estate in Hong Kong. * Typhoon Choi-wan (2003) (T0315, 16W, Roskas) – paralleled the coast of Japan. *

Typhoon Choi-wan (2009) Typhoon Choi-wan was a powerful typhoon that became the first Category 5-equivalent super typhoon to form during the 2009 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on September 11, 2009, about to the east of Guam, the initial disturbance rapidly organize ...

(T0914, 15W) – moved through the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 5 super typhoon. * Severe Tropical Storm Choi-wan (2015) (T1523, 23W) – churned in the open ocean. *

Tropical Storm Choi-wan (2021) Tropical Storm Choi-wan, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Dante, was a tropical storm which caused moderate flooding and damage in the Philippines and also affected Taiwan. The third named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, Choi ...

(T2103, 04W, Dante) - crossed the Philippines and later affected Taiwan.

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