Pronunciation of Hong Kong in English

Both Cantonese and Putonghua (Mandarin) are spoken in Hong Kong, which has created many different ways to romanise the different pronunciations of 香港, the Chinese characters for "Hong Kong".

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• IPA: [hœːŋ₅₅ kɔːŋ₃₅];
• Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2;
• Yale: heūng góng;

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• Pinyin: Xiānggǎng;
• Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang

"Hong Kong" is an approximate transliteration of the Chinese name based on its Cantonese pronunciation.

See also: Pronunciation of Hong Kong in English, Cantonese language, Hong Kong, International Phonetic Alphabet, Jyutping, Pinyin, Romanization, Standard Cantonese