港腳

Chinese

		harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)	role; foot; base
trad. (港腳)		港	腳
simp. (港脚)		港	脚

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic matching of English country.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎngjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎngjiǎo [Phonetic: gángjiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎngjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kang³-chiao³
    • Yale: gǎng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaangjeau
    • Palladius: ганцзяо (ganczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong² goek³
    • Yale: góng geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong² goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong² gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ kœːk̚³/

Noun

港腳

1. (historical) trading ports in British India before the Opium Wars
2. (historical) businessman from India

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎngjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎngjiǎo [Phonetic: gángjiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎngjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kang³-chiao³
    • Yale: gǎng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaangjeau
    • Palladius: ганцзяо (ganczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong² goek³
    • Yale: góng geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong² goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong² gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ kœːk̚³/

Noun

港腳

1. footballer from Hong Kong
2. Short for 香港腳／香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo, “Hong Kong foot”).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 港腳 – see 港跤 (“port; harbor”). (This term is a variant form of 港跤).