調景嶺

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	bright; circumstance; scenery	mountain range
trad. (調景嶺)		調	景	嶺
simp. (调景岭)		调	景	岭

Etymology

Name change from 吊頸嶺／吊颈岭 (diu3 geng2 leng5, “Hanging (neck) Ridge”).

Folk etymology derives the name from the rumour that Canadian businessman Alfred Herbert Rennie, who established the Hong Kong Milling Company at Junk Bay, hanged himself there in 1908, when Rennie actually drowned himself. However, the sea that borders the area was historically referred to as 吊頸灣／吊颈湾 (Tiukengwan), a name attested as early as 1893.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiáojǐnglǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ ging² leng⁵ / tiu⁴ ging² ling⁵ / tiu⁴ geng² leng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiáojǐnglǐng [Phonetic: tiáojínglǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiáojǐnglǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻiao²-ching³-ling³
    • Yale: Tyáu-jǐng-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tyaujiingliing
    • Palladius: Тяоцзинлин (Tjaoczinlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ ging² leng⁵ / tiu⁴ ging² ling⁵ / tiu⁴ geng² leng⁵
    • Yale: tìuh gíng léhng / tìuh gíng líhng / tìuh géng léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ ging² leng⁵ / tiu⁴ ging² ling⁵ / tiu⁴ geng² leng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ ging² léng⁵ / tiu⁴ ging² ling⁵ / tiu⁴ géng² léng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/, /tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɪŋ¹³/, /tʰiːu̯²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Proper noun

調景嶺

1. Tiu Keng Leng (a place in the New Territories, Hong Kong)