香港

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香港 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
香港 (Cantonese)
香港 (Classical)
香港 (Gan)
Hiông-kóng (Hakka)
Hiŏng-gē̤ng (Eastern Min)
Hiong-káng (Southern Min)
香港 (Wu)
Hong Kong (English)

Etymology

The name 香港 first appeared on a map in 粵大記 [1595] as a label for an island that seems to be Ap Lei Chau. In the two Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) published in 1688 and 1819, 香港 was the name of a village (as 香港村). The village was likely located in Wong Chuk Hang in the south of Hong Kong Island as indicated by 19th-century maps.

18th-century western maps appear to render the name of Hong Kong Island as Fan Chin Chow (or its variants), which appears to be a Hakka romanization of 飯甑洲 (Kwok and Cheung, 2007). In the Treaty of Nanking signed in 1842, the name 香港 referred to the entire Hong Kong Island.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānggǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄤˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng¹ gong²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): hoeng¹ gong²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ kong²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Hiông-kóng

(Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˋ gong^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiong¹ guong³
Northern Min (KCR): Hióng-gǒ̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): Hiŏng-gē̤ng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyorng¹ gang³ / hyoeng¹ gang³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hiong-káng / Hiang-káng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang¹ gang²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian-kaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānggǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sianggǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-kang³
  - Yale: Syāng-gǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggaang
  - Palladius: Сянган (Sjangan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Yale: hēung góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: hoeng¹ gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /høŋ²¹³ kɔŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiang¹ kong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hiông-kóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ gong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ gong³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ gong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /hioŋ⁵³ koŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiong¹ guong³
  - Sinological IPA: /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɔŋ³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Hióng-gǒ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xiɔŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hiŏng-gē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøyŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyorng¹ gang³ [Phonetic: hyorng⁵ gang³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hio̤ng-gâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng¹ gang³ [Phonetic: hyoeng⁵ gang³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kaŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-káng
  - Tâi-lô: Hiong-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongkarng
  - IPA (Singapore): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiang-káng
  - Tâi-lô: Hiang-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiangkarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/
  - IPA (Penang): /hiaŋ³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang¹ gang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang káng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shian-kaon
  - MiniDict: shian^平 kaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-kaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

Proper noun

香港

(～特別行政區) Hong Kong (a city and special administrative region in southeastern China)
(～島) Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island (an island of Hong Kong, China)
- 我的胞兄香港在訴他的苦痛，
  母親呀，可記得你的幼女九龍？ [MSC, trad.]
  我的胞兄香港在诉他的苦痛，
  母亲呀，可记得你的幼女九龙？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1925, Wen Yiduo, 七子之歌
  Wǒ de bāoxiōng Xiānggǎng zài sù tā de kǔtòng,
  Mǔqīn ya, kě jìdé nǐ de yòunǚ Jiǔlóng? [Pinyin]
  My brother Hong Kong (Island) is expressing his pain,
  oh mother, do you remember your daughter Kowloon?
(～村) (historical) Hong Kong (a former village on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China)

Synonyms

(city): 香江 (Xiāngjiāng), 東方之珠／东方之珠 (Dōngfāng zhī zhū)

Dialectal synonyms of 香港 (“Hong Kong”) [map]

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Derived terms

港九 (Gǎng-Jiǔ)
香港人 (Xiānggǎngrén)
香港仔 (Xiānggǎngzǎi)
香港元
香港地
香港島 / 香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo)
香港手語 / 香港手语 (Xiānggǎng shǒuyǔ)
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 (Xiānggǎnghuà)

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)
→ Lao: ຮົງກົງ (hong kong)
→ Mongolian: Хонконг (Xonkong) (Mongolia)
→ Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩᠭᠠᠩ (siyangɣang) (China)
→ Russian: Сянга́н (Sjangán)
→ Thai: ฮ่องกง (hɔ̂ng-gong)
→ Tibetan: ཞང་ཀང (zhang kang)
→ Uyghur: شياڭگاڭ (shyanggang)
→ Vietnamese: Hồng Công, Hồng Kông
→ Zhuang: Yanghgangj

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