臭港

Chinese

		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
trad. (臭港)		臭	港
simp. #(臭港)		臭	港

Etymology

By replacing 香 (xiāng, “fragrant”) in 香港 (Xiānggǎng) with antonym 臭 (chòu, “smelly; stinky”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chòugǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³ gong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chòugǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chòugǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻou⁴-kang³
    • Yale: Chòu-gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chowgaang
    • Palladius: Чоуган (Čougan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³ gong²
    • Yale: chau góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³ gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³ gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

臭港

1. (derogatory or self-deprecatory) Hong Kong