港九

Chinese

		Hong Kong Island	Kowloon
simp. and trad. (港九)		港	九

Etymology

Short for 香港島／香港岛 (Xiānggǎngdǎo) + 九龍／九龙 (jiǔlóng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǎng-Jiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² gau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Káng-Kiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǎng-Jiǔ [Phonetic: gángjiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǎngjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Kang³-chiu³
    • Yale: Gǎng-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaangjeou
    • Palladius: Ганцзю (Ganczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong² gau²
    • Yale: góng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Káng-Kiú
    • Tâi-lô: Káng-Kiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafngkiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu⁴¹/

Proper noun

港九

1. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon