觀塘

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	pond
trad. (觀塘)		觀	塘
simp. (观塘)		观	塘

Etymology

From the homophonous 官塘 (“Mandarin ponds”); previously known as 官璫／官珰.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guāntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ tong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guāntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guantáng
    • Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: Gwān-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guantarng
    • Palladius: Гуаньтан (Guanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: gūn tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

觀塘

1. Kwun Tong (a place in Hong Kong)
2. (～區) Kwun Tong District (a district of Hong Kong)