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

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

Hong Kong Island and Kowloon

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