香港

Chinese

		fragrant good-smelling incense	harbour
simp. and trad. (香港)		香	港

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānggǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄤˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hoeng¹ gong²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ kong²
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
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sianggǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Yale: hēung góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiang¹ kong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hiông-kóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ gong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ gong³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hiŏng-gē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøyŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xian kaan (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

Proper noun

香港

Hong Kong
Short for 香港島／香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo, “Hong Kong Island”).
(～村) (historical) Hong Kong (a former village on Ap Lei Chau Island, now the Ap Lei Chau area of Hong Kong's Southern District)

Derived terms

香港人 (Xiānggǎngrén)
香港仔 (Xiānggǎngzǎi)
香港元
香港島／香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo)

香港特別行政區／香港特别行政区 (Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū)
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: 香港 (ホンコン) (Honkon)
- → Korean: 홍콩 (Hongkong)
- → Russian: Гонко́нг (Gonkóng)
→ French: Hong Kong, Hongkong
→ Japanese: シャンガン (Shangan)
→ Kazakh: Шәңғаң (Şäñğañ)
→ Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩᠭᠠᠩ (siyangɣang)
→ Russian: Сянга́н (Sjangán)
→ Tibetan: ཞང་ཀང (zhang kang)
→ Uyghur: شياڭگاڭ‎ (shyanggang)
→ Vietnamese: Hồng Công
→ Zhuang: Yanghgangj

Japanese

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

Etymology

From English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong²).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホンコン [hóꜜǹ kòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋ kõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

香港 (katakana ホンコン, rōmaji Hon Kon)

Hong Kong
中 (ちゅう)華 (か)人 (じん)民 (みん)共 (きょう)和 (わ)国 (こく)香 (ホン)港 (コン)特 (とく)別 (べつ)行 (ぎょう)政 (せい)区 (く)
Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku Hon Kon Tokubetsu Gyōseiku
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

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) (hangeul 향항)

Hanja form^? of 향항 (“Hong Kong”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
香	港

Proper noun

香港

Hán tự form of Hương Cảng (“Hong Kong”).

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[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