香港

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	harbor; Hong Kong (abbr.)
simp. and trad. (香港)		香	港

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānggǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gong²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hiông-kóng
Min Dong (BUC): Hiŏng-gē̤ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Hiong-káng / Hiang-káng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang¹ gang²
Wu (Wiktionary): xian kaan (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiānggǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggaang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Yale: hēung góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gong²
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hiông-kóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ gong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ gong³
  - IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hiŏng-gē̤ng
  - IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøyŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-káng
  - Tâi-lô: Hiong-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongkarng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiang-káng
  - Tâi-lô: Hiang-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiangkarng
  - IPA (Penang): /hiaŋ³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang¹ gang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang káng
  - IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xian kaan (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

Proper noun

香港

Hong Kong
Short for 香港島／香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo, “Hong Kong Island”).

Derived terms

香港人 (Xiānggǎngrén)
香港仔 (Xiānggǎngzǎi)
香港元

香港島／香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo)
香港腳／香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo)
香港話／香港话

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (香港):

Korean: 향항 (香港, Hyanghang)
Vietnamese: Hương Cảng (香港)

Others:

→ English: Hong Kong, Xianggang
- → Japanese: 香 (ホン)港 (コン) (Honkon)
- → Korean: 홍콩 (Hongkong)
→ Vietnamese: Hồng Công
→ Zhuang: Yanghgangj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	港
ほん Grade: S	こん Grade: 3
Irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホンコン [hóꜜǹkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

香港 (katakana ホンコン, rōmaji Hon Kon)

Hong Kong

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
香	港

Proper noun

香港 • (Hyanghang, McCune-Reischauer: Hyanghang, Yale: Hyanghang) (hangeul 향항)

Hanja form^? of 향항 (“Hong Kong”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
香	港

Proper noun

香港

Hán tự form of Hương Cảng, “Hong Kong”

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN