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香港
香港
Chinese
fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
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harbor; Hong Kong (abbr.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (香港) |
香 | 港 | |
Proper noun
香港
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 香 | 港 |
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ほん Grade: S |
こん Grade: 3 |
| Irregular | |
Etymology
Likely from English Hong Kong.
Proper noun
香港 (hiragana ほんこん, katakana ホンコン, romaji Honkon)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng1 gong2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hiông-kóng
- Min Dong (BUC): Hiŏng-gē̤ng
- Min Nan (POJ): Hiong-káng / Hiang-káng
- Wu (Wiktionary): xian kaan (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggaang
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2
- Yale: hēung góng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng1 gong2
- IPA (key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
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- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hiông-kóng
- Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ gong`
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiong1 gong3
- IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Hiŏng-gē̤ng
- IPA (key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (k-)ŋøyŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-káng
- Tâi-lô: Hiong-káng
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiongkarng
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiang-káng
- Tâi-lô: Hiang-káng
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiangkarng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xian kaan (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/
- (Shanghainese)