Jordan

en-proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

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Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.

2022 October 9, Yanni Chow, “‘This is our home’: ethnic minority residents of Jordan’s Man Wah Sun Chuen estate may lose community to redevelopment”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-10, News:

At least five people have died and over 30 have been injured after a fire broke out in a building in Jordan on Wednesday morning.

2024 April 10, Hillary Leung, “At least 5 dead, over 30 injured after fire in Hong Kong building”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-04-12, Hong Kong:

An area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.


Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Royal Marines, officers and men from the British cruisers Swiftsure and Euryalus have landed in the naval dockyard area at Victoria, Hong Kong, and raised the white ensign.

1945 September 2 [1945 September 1], “BRITISH UNITS TAKE PART OF HONG KONG; But Admiral Is Unable to Find Japanese Commander for the Surrender Ceremony”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-09, page 12:

I eased into the cut-rate canyon by taxiing around Hong Kong -- both the island and the Kowloon peninsula -- to orient myself. The major shopping district is as difficult to grasp initially as its tongue-tripping name, Tsimshatsui. This is in Kowloon, across the harbor from Victoria, Hong Kong's major business section, which also is chocked with shopping opportunities. The Star Ferry tootles between the two cities.

1988 April 17, Marsha Dubrow, “HONG KONG”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-30:

He was forty-two years old when he died and has no known grave, but his name can be seen on the Hong Kong Memorial at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Hong Kong.

2009, Robyn Walker, “Gander Gets His Medal”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:

City of Victoria
City of Victoria#English

The City of Victoria, a settlement in Hong Kong often referred to as its capital.


Aberdeen

Aberdeen
Aberdeen (disambiguation)
Old Aberdeen

The first element is either Scottish Gaelic aber (“river mouth”) or Pictish aber (“confluence”), both from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). The second element is Don (“river in Scotland”) (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.
The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

named-after

In Aberdeen, a fishing village of 12,000 fishermen who live on more than 3,000 sampans, we were transported on a rickety sampan through the mazelike sea community; on these modest wooden boats, large families, dogs, the day's catch of drying fish and television antennas all co-exist.

1985 October 27, Marcia Seligson, “HONG KONG, MADE TO ORDER”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section 10, page 15:

Police Launch No. 32 sliced through the murky gray-green waters of Aberdeen, navigating the narrow path between fishing junks, sampan taxis and the gaudy Jumbo floating seafood restaurant.

1997 May 4, Keith B. Richburg, “China to Buttress Hong Kong Police -- but to What End?”, in The Washington Post, sourced from Washington Post Foreign Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1997-08-09, page A20:

An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong.


Stanley

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone + -ley (“lea”).
* The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names.
The coastal town in Hong Kong is named after Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.

named-after

From Central, hop on a double-decker bus (No. 6, 6X or 66) to the former fishing village of Stanley (about 8 Hong Kong dollars one way). The ride will take you from the commercial district, over the hills (or through a tunnel), to the South Side, a residential area with splendid beaches, Riviera-style corniches and wide-open views of the South China Sea.

2007 April 8, Ann M. Morrison, “36 Hours in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-04-22, Travel:

As you stroll through the streets of Stanley, you’ll be mesmerised by its rich history. This charming small town holds a significant place in Hong Kong’s past, as it was the earliest administrative centre for the British government before the bustling Central District, formerly known as Victoria City, was established.

2024 January 11, “Stanley: where timeless elegance meets modern luxury”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-11, Lifestyle:

Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:

A coastal town and area in Southern district, Hong Kong


Islands

From island, chosen because the district is located in an archipelago on the coast.

The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats. Eight of the seats in the Islands District belong to ex-officio members, which were not included in Sunday’s election.

2019 November 25, Kris Cheng, “Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2020-07-31:

The Islands district saw a 28.5 per cent leap in transactions in the secondary housing market last year to 1,699, according to Midland Realty. That was the fourth largest increase among the 18 districts, up from 10th in 2019.

2021 February 3, Lam Ka-sing, “Hong Kong’s outlying islands see popularity surge as homebuyers swap convenience of city life for peace and quiet amid shift to remote working”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-02-03, Business:


香港

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (香港):
* → Korean: 향항(香港) (Hyanghang)
* → Vietnamese: Hương Cảng (香港)

→ English: Hong Kong, Xianggang

→ Japanese: 香港(ホンコン) (Honkon)

→ Korean: 홍콩 (Hongkong)

→ Russian: Гонко́нг (Gonkóng)

→ French: Hong Kong, Hongkong

→ Japanese: シャンガン (Shangan)

→ Lao: ຮົງກົງ (hong kong)

→ Mongolian: Хонконг (Xonkong) (Mongolia)

→ Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩᠭᠠᠩ (siyangɣang) (China)

→ Russian: Сянга́н (Sjangán)

→ Thai: ฮ่องกง (hɔ̂ng-gong)

→ Tibetan: ཞང་ཀང (zhang kang)

→ Uyghur: شياڭگاڭ (shyanggang)

→ Vietnamese: Hồng Công, Hồng Kông

→ Zhuang: Yanghgangj

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/høŋ²¹³ kɔŋ³⁵/

/hiaŋ³³ kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/

/hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɔŋ³¹/

/xiɔŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ²¹/

/hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋøyŋ³³/

/hyɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁵³/

/hyøŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ kaŋ³³²/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/

/hiaŋ³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/hiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/

/ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/høŋ²¹³ kɔŋ³⁵/

/hiaŋ³³ kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/

/hi̯oŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɔŋ³¹/

/xiɔŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ²¹/

/hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋøyŋ³³/

/hyɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁵³/

/hyøŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ kaŋ³³²/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴²/

/hiaŋ³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/hiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/

/ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

Ap Lei Chau
Gazetteer of Xin'an County
Treaty of Nanking
Wong Chuk Hang

The name 香港 first appeared on a map in 粵大記 [1595] as a label for an island that seems to be Ap Lei Chau. In the two Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) published in 1688 and 1819, 香港 was the name of a village (as 香港村). The village was likely located in Wong Chuk Hang in the south of Hong Kong Island as indicated by 19th-century maps.
18th-century western maps appear to render the name of Hong Kong Island as Fan Chin Chow (or its variants), which appears to be a Hakka romanization of 飯甑洲 (Kwok and Cheung, 2007). In the Treaty of Nanking signed in 1842, the name 香港 referred to the entire Hong Kong Island.

My brother Hong Kong (Island) is expressing his pain,
oh mother, do you remember your daughter Kowloon?

Wǒ de bāoxiōng Xiānggǎng zài sù tā de kǔtòng,
Mǔqīn ya, kě jìdé nǐ de yòunǚ Jiǔlóng?

我的胞兄香港在訴他的苦痛，
母親呀，可記得你的幼女九龍？

我的胞兄香港在诉他的苦痛，
母亲呀，可记得你的幼女九龙？

Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island#English

(～島) Hong Kong Island (an island in Hong Kong)


西貢

First attested in the Map of the San On District [1866].

/ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ³³/

/se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ¹¹/

/se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²¹/

/sai³³⁻²³ koŋ²¹³/

/ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ³³/

/se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ¹¹/

/se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²¹/

/sai³³⁻²³ koŋ²¹³/

(～半島) Sai Kung (a peninsula in Hong Kong)


太子

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

/tʰa³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

/tʰa³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Prince Edward
w:Prince Edward, Hong Kong


大浪

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² lɔːŋ²²/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ loŋ⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² lɔːŋ²²/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ loŋ⁵⁵/

(～村) Tai Long (a village of South Lantao Rural Committee in Chi Ma Wan, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

(～村) Tai Long (a village of Sai Kung Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)


長沙

Sino-Xenic (長沙):
* → Japanese: 長(ちょう)沙(さ) (Chōsa)
* → Korean: 장사(長沙) (Jangsa)
* → Vietnamese: Trường Sa (長沙)

→ English: Changsha, Ch'ang-sha

→ Korean: 창사 (Changsa)

→ Russian: Чанша́ (Čanšá)

→ Zhuang: Cangzsah

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ saː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ sa²⁴/

/t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ sa⁴⁴/

/tuoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾na⁵⁵/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa³³/

/tiaŋ¹³⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sa³³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ sa̠³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ saː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ sa²⁴/

/t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ sa⁴⁴/

/tuoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾na⁵⁵/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa³³/

/tiaŋ¹³⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sa³³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ sa̠³³/

Cheung Sha (an area on Lantau, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong)


澳門

Sino-Xenic (澳門):
* → Korean: 오문(澳門) (Omun)
* → Vietnamese: Áo Môn (澳門)

→ Armenian: Աոմին (Aomin)

→ English: Aomen

→ Japanese: 澳門(アオメン) (Aomen)

→ Korean: 아오먼 (Aomeon)

desc

→ Lü: ᦀᦱᧁᧈᦵᦙᦲᧃᧉ (˙ʼaaw¹moen²)

→ Lü: ᦀᦱᧁᧈᦵᦙᦲᧃᧉ (˙ʼaaw¹moen²)

→ Russian: Аомы́нь (Aomýnʹ), Аомэ́нь (Aomɛ́nʹ)

→ Zhuang: Aumwnz

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/

/ou̯³³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/au³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²²⁻²²⁵/

/au⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mun¹¹/

/o²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/

/ɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ mui¹³/

/ɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ¹³/

/ɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/

/o¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o²¹⁻³³ mui²³/

/o²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ¹³/

/o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/

/o²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muŋ⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/

/ou̯³³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/au³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²²⁻²²⁵/

/au⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mun¹¹/

/o²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/

/ɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ mui¹³/

/ɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ¹³/

/ɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/

/o¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/o²¹⁻³³ mui²³/

/o²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ¹³/

/o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/

/o²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muŋ⁵⁵/

(Macau): First attested in 陳末議以保海隅萬世治安疏, a memorial to the emperor [1564] by government official Pang Shangpeng (龐尚鵬):
:
Earlier names include 濠鏡澳／濠镜澳 (Háojìng'ào) (蠔鏡澳／蚝镜澳), 濠鏡／濠镜 (Háojìng), 香山澳, etc.

lang

陳末議以保海隅萬世治安疏

陳末議以保海隅萬世治安疏

題為陳末議以保海隅萬世治安

題為陳末議以保海隅萬世治安

zh-l

濠鏡澳／濠镜澳 (Háojìng'ào)

濠鏡／濠镜 (Háojìng)

題為陳末議以保海隅萬世治安 in 皇明經世文編

Guǎngzhōu nán yǒu Xiāngshān xiàn, dì dāng bīn hǎi. Yóu yōngmài zhì Háojìng'ào, jì yīrì zhī chéng, yǒu shān Duìzhì rú tái, yuē nánběi tái. Jí Àomén yě...... Yì zhě yù yú Àomén xiá chù, yòng shí tiánsài, dù fānbó qiánxíng, yǐ gù Xiāngshān ménhù.

廣州南有香山縣，地當瀕海。由雍麥至蠔鏡澳，計一日之程，有山對峙如臺，曰南北臺。即澳門也……議者欲於澳門狹處，用石填塞，杜番舶潛行，以固香山門戶。

題為陳末議以保海隅萬世治安 in 皇明經世文編

广州南有香山县，地当濒海。由雍麦至蚝镜澳，计一日之程，有山对峙如台，曰南北台。即澳门也……议者欲于澳门狭处，用石填塞，杜番舶潜行，以固香山门户。

(～村) O Mun (a village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)


火炭

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵¹/

/fɔː³⁵ tʰaːn³³/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵¹/

/fɔː³⁵ tʰaːn³³/

From Hakka 火炭, or from the corruption of Hakka 河灘／河滩 (“beach”).

河灘／河滩 (“beach”)

Fo Tan (an area in Sha Tin district, Hong Kong)


SoHo

en:SoHo (disambiguation)
en:SoHo, Hong Kong

Blend of south + Hollywood.
Acronym of south of Hollywood Road..

When he heard about Omnipork at the Food’s Future Summit in Hong Kong last year, he contacted Right Treat to give it a try, and eventually added it to the vegetarian mapo tofu at his restaurant in the city’s SoHo district.

2019 March 18, Andrew Genung, “It’s the Year of the Pig. Is it also the year fake pork takes off in China?”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-03-19, Food:

At No. 3 Staunton Street in the city’s SoHo district, the roughly 1,300 square-foot ground floor was once used as a parking space for a Ferrari.

2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-22, Art & Design:

The fire started in a flat at No 9 on Gough Street at Shun King Building in the SoHo area of Sheung Wan at about 10.20pm.

2024 September 10, Danny Mok, “Woman dies, 3 others injured in fire that broke out in Hong Kong’s SoHo”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-09-10, Hong Kong/Society:

A neighbourhood of Central district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.


城門

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹/

/siaŋ²² ᵐbᵘɔn²²/

/siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/

/siã²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

/sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mɯŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹/

/siaŋ²² ᵐbᵘɔn²²/

/siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/

/siã²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/siã²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

/sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mɯŋ⁵⁵/

Shing Mun (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


West Point

The shelters at West Point and Po Yan Street will be opened on December 1st., and suitable premises at Yaumati have now been found at the corner of Shantung St. and Sai Yeung Choi St. on the ground floor of a knitting factory.

1936 November 21, “Street Sleepers' Shelter Society”, in Hongkong Daily Press, number 24418, Hongkong, →OCLC, page 6, column 5:

The body of rich merchant Woo Chi-kiu, 49, tucked inside a gunnysack, was found bobbing in the harbour waters off Hong Kong’s West Point on November 29 last year.

c. 1970, “Murder trial bares trail of vice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 85?, column 1:

The sea passage between Hong Kong's West Point and the Green Island is called Sulphur Channel after HMS Sulphur.

2002, Solomon Bard, “Introduction”, in Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1:

North Point is the only one of Hong Kong Island's geographical 'points' to have retained its name. West Point, below Hong Kong University, and East Point, out on the Causeway Bay waterfront, have been mostly forgotten. And all have been significantly altered by successive waves of reclamation.

2009 December 13, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-28, Latest:

Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere:

A former headland in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.


青衣

→ English: Tsing Yi

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹ i/

/t͡ɕʰĩ³¹⁻³³ i³¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰəŋ²¹³ zi²¹/

/ˈt͡ɕʰin⁴² i⁴²/

/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴ i⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ i²¹/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ i³⁴/

/t͡sʰiŋ³³ i⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ i³³/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹ i/

/t͡ɕʰĩ³¹⁻³³ i³¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰəŋ²¹³ zi²¹/

/ˈt͡ɕʰin⁴² i⁴²/

/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴ i⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ i²¹/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ i³⁴/

/t͡sʰiŋ³³ i⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ i³³/


九龍

ja-r

九龍(きゅうりゅう) (Kyūryū)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (九龍):
* → Japanese: 九龍(きゅうりゅう) (Kyūryū)
* → Korean: 구룡(九龍) (Guryong)
* → Vietnamese: Cửu Long (九龍)

English: Kowloon

Japanese: 九龍(クーロン) (Kūron), 九龍(カウロン) (Kauron)

Korean: 주룽 (jurung)

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ¹³/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/

/kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiɤ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ¹³/

/kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/

/kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiɤ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/


中西

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³ se³³/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³ se³³/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Central and Western
Central and Western#English

(～區) Central and Western (a district of Hong Kong)


坑口

/kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/

/kʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/

/kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/

/kʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/

Hang Hau (a residential area in Hong Kong)


Kowloon

From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279).

bor

By the late 1930's some modern factories, built by outside interests and producing such goods as bricks, beer, and chinaware for export abroad, had already appeared in Tsuen Wan, a market town near Kowloon.

1968, Jack M. Potter, Capitalism and the Chinese Peasant: Social and Economic Change in a Hong Kong Village, University of California Press, page 36:

Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.

2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, Sinosphere:

Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, armed with bows and arrows, as unrest spread across the territory's central Kowloon district.

2019 November 17, “Hong Kong protesters fend off police with arrows, petrol bombs as unrest spreads”, in France 24, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 2019-11-17, Asia / Pacific:

Hong Kong authorities evacuated at least 3,400 people from buildings after a fire broke out in a warehouse in the city's Kowloon district on Friday.

2023 March 24, “Hong Kong warehouse fire forces thousands to evacuate”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-24, Society:


新田

/ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

San Tin (an area in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong)


Tai Long

Yu Yuk-chun, 85, moved to Tai Long on Lantau Island some 40 years ago to live with her husband, an indigenous resident of the village.

2014 March 17, Fanny W. Y. Fung, “Residents of remote Lantau village reveal their plight”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-03-20, Hong Kong:

A village of South Lantao Rural Committee in Chi Ma Wan, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

A village of Sai Kung Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.


Green Island

Hongkong road is generally approached by sailing vessels from the westward, on which side it is protected by Green Island and Kellett bank, which extends nearly 1 miles northward from the latter island[…]

1873, The Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, and Etc, page 356:

Soon you will steam through a narrow channel separating Hong Kong Island from the appropriately named Green Island and Little Green Island.

2009, Steven K. Bailey, Exploring Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, ThingsAsian Press, →ISBN, page 150:

A ferry collided with a boat around 9:15am Thursday in the channel between Sai Wan and Green Island, injuring five people.

2016 April 29, Kris Cheng, “Ferry collides with boat near Sai Wan, injuring 5”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-10-22, Hong Kong:

Most of the big passenger ships to and from the South sail via this deep and narrow passage which separates Green Island from Hongkong, while vessels to and from the North use the more magnificent eastern channel, Lyeemun Pass.

2019, David Bellis, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 3, Gwulo, →ISBN, page 6:

An islet off the coast of Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong, situated to the north of Sulphur Channel off Hong Kong Island.


NoHo

Blend of north + Hollywood
* (Los Angeles): Acronym of North Hollywood.
* (Hong Kong): Acronym of north of Hollywood Road.

Just a few minutes away from Hong Kong’s buzzing SoHo district is NoHo, its hipper, more laid-back younger cousin. Lying (as you might guess from its acronymic name) north of Hollywood Road, and occupying the length of Gough Street between Aberdeen and Shing Wong Streets, it was once mainly home to family-run shops and small printing presses. These days, though, NoHo is an enclave of independent boutiques and contemporary-art galleries, chichi cafés and old-school dai pai dong or cooked-food stalls. Here are 10 reasons to visit.

2009 November 26, Lara Day, “10 Reasons to Visit Hong Kong’s NoHo”, in Time, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-12-15:

Gough Street, in newly trendy NoHo, is now home to Ralph Lauren and other top brands.[…]
As part of the larger "NoHo" area, Gough Street has attracted tenants priced out of its larger neighbour SoHo. Once home to family-run stores and printers and now known locally for its casual Cantonese restaurants and art galleries, the Gough Street area's tenant mix was "internationalised" one or two years ago.

2014 September 30, Nick Bradstreet, “New retail districts a welcome trend but challenges remain”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-12-10, Property:

A neighbourhood of Central district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong; along Gough Street.


芒角

/mɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ²¹ kɔːk̚³/

/mɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ²¹ kɔːk̚³/

(historical) Mongkok (an area in Hong Kong)


旺角

/wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²² kɔːk̚³/

/ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kak̚⁵/

/ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɦuɑ̃²² koʔ⁴⁴/

/mɑ̃²² koʔ⁴⁴/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²² kɔːk̚³/

/ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kak̚⁵/

/ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/

/ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

/ɦuɑ̃²² koʔ⁴⁴/

/mɑ̃²² koʔ⁴⁴/


Mong Kok

About a 10-minute taxi ride (or 2-minute Mass Transit Railway trip) north from the Star Ferry Pier, Jordan Road marks Yau Ma Tei's southern boundary. Sandwiched between Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok, it is believed to be one of the first Kowloon districts developed by the British in the 1860s.

1988, Sunset Oriental Travel Guide, Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 106:

The department continued to plan and build fire stations and ambulance depots to cope with the city's growing development and service needs and to adhere to the Government's policy of providing the fastest response possible to emergencies. During the year, a new fire station in Kowloon Tong and two ambulance depots in Mong Kok and Kwai Chung were commissioned.

2007, Hong Kong 2006, Information Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332:

Scuffles broke out briefly in the working-class Mong Kok area where hundreds had gathered and some demonstrators tried to set up roadblocks with metal barriers, prompting officers to use spray to disperse them, according to Reuters witnesses.[...]
“We are afraid this will be the last time we can have a ceremony but Hong Kongers will always remember what happened on June 4,” said Brenda Hui, 24, in Mong Kok, with a white battery-illuminated umbrella that read “Never Forget June 4.”

2020 June 3, James Pomfret, Scott Murdoch, “Police pepper spray Hong Kongers defying ban to mark Tiananmen”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-06-05, World News:

An area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

(historical) Mong Kok District (a district of Hong Kong).


天后

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

/tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hou³⁵/

/tʰi⁵⁵ hɤ²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

/tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hou³⁵/

/tʰi⁵⁵ hɤ²¹/


Central

The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central.

2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, In Transit:

Last month, L Brands Inc lingerie chain Victoria's Secrets chose to locate its first Hong Kong stores at the mall and the prime downtown district of Central.[…]
British fashion brand Topshop will open a 14,000 sq ft store in Central in June, paying $516,000 a month in rent.

2013 May 20, Donny Kwok, Lavinia Mo, Yimou Lee, Twinnie Siu, “On fleeting Hong Kong trips, Chinese make frugal fashionable”, in Anne Marie Roantree, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-06-30, Business:

Thousands of protesters block the main street leading to the financial area known as the Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept. 28, 2014.

2015 October 2, Emily Rauhala, “Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, one year later”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-15, World:

For non-hikers, this tram, in operation since 1888, takes passengers from the bottom of Hong Kong Island’s Central neighborhood up 1,312 feet on Victoria Peak, the island’s highest mountain.

2016 July 7, Dina Mishev, “Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-07-08:

An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong


香港島

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/

/hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/

/hiɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

Hong Kong Island (an island in Hong Kong)


尖沙咀

→ English: Tsim Sha Tsui

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ so³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ so³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

Tsim Sha Tsui (an area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong)


新界

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/

the New Territories (a region of Hong Kong)


大嶼山

/tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² jyː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² jyː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/


離島

/li³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/li³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


南丫島

/nän³⁵ jä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/naːm²¹ aː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/nän³⁵ jä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/naːm²¹ aː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Lamma Island (an island in Islands district, Hong Kong)


長洲

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Cheung Chau (an island in Hong Kong, China)


Beacon Hill

As part of our Hong Kong Humans series, Ruixue Zhang finds that the city offers some incredible views… for those brave enough to scale Beacon Hill.

2019 February 1, Ruixue Zhang, “Video: Hong Kong Humans – The students scaling new heights… on Beacon Hill”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-11-23, Hong Kong:

There are only 45 units in this low-density and extremely prestigious development on Beacon Hill. It faces south with spectacular views over Kowloon Peninsula, Victoria Harbour and the mountains of The Peak.

2019 December 4, Peta Tomlinson, “Elite living in Central Kowloon’s Beacon Hill, Ho Man Tin and Kadoorie Hill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-12-24, Special Reports:

A neighbourhood of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City district, Hong Kong


太古

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/

Tai Koo (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


上水

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sœːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ suɪ³¹/

/t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sœːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ suɪ³¹/

/t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ˈsɔŋ¹¹ sui²¹³/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ˈsɔŋ¹¹ sui²¹³/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯¹/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯¹/

/sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻¹² t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiũ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻¹² t͡sui⁵³/


黃埔

→ English: Huangpu, Whampoa

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ pou̯³³/

/ɦuɑ̃²² pʰu⁴⁴/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ pou̯³³/

/ɦuɑ̃²² pʰu⁴⁴/

Whampoa (an area in Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong)


獅子山

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ʂän⁵⁵/

/siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ʂän⁵⁵/

/siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

We all meet each other below the Lion Rock

1979, 羅文 (Roman Tam), 《獅子山下》 (Below the Lion Rock)

ngo⁵ dei⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ zoi⁶ si¹ zi² saan¹ haa⁶ soeng¹ jyu⁶ soeng⁵

我哋大家在獅子山下相遇上

我哋大家在狮子山下相遇上


石壁

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pi⁵¹/

/sɛːk̚² pɪk̚⁵/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pi⁵¹/

/sɛːk̚² pɪk̚⁵/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

Shek Pik (a place on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


馬鞍山

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/ma³³⁻²¹ aŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uã³³ suã³³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

/be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/ma³³⁻²¹ aŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uã³³ suã³³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

/be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/


鴨巴甸

/jä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/aːp̚³ paː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

/jä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/aːp̚³ paː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

(chiefly Cantonese) Transliteration of Aberdeen:

(Hong Kong) Aberdeen (a town and harbour in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong), now known as 香港仔 (hoeng¹ gong² zai²)


香港仔

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/


廟街

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²² kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²²⁻³⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²² kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²²⁻³⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Named for the Tin Hau Temple Complex nearby.

Temple Street
w:Temple Street, Hong Kong

Temple Street (a street in Yau Ma Tei district, Hong Kong known for its night market)


金鐘

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

Named after the gold-coloured bell used for timekeeping at Wellington Barracks in the area.

Admiralty (an Admiralty place Hong Kong)


藍田

→ English: Lam Tin, Lantian, Lantien

/län³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/län³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

; "Lantian, Shaanxi"
; "Lam Tin, Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong"

Lam Tin (an area in Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong)

(～村) Lam Tin Tsuen (a village in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong, on Tsing Yi Island)


觀塘

/ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

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

(～區) Kwun Tong District (a district of Hong Kong)


油麻地

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→ English: Yau Ma Tei, Yaumatei, Yaumati

/joʊ̯³⁵ mä³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ maː²¹ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/ɦiɤ²² mo⁵⁵ di²¹/

/joʊ̯³⁵ mä³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ maː²¹ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/ɦiɤ²² mo⁵⁵ di²¹/

Yau Ma Tei (an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong)


荃灣

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

From 淺灣／浅湾 (literally “shallow bay”), which is attested in 粵大記 [1595].

(～區) Tsuen Wan District (a district of Hong Kong)


中環

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ waːn²¹/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³/

/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ waːn²¹/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³/

/t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/


柴灣

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

Chai Wan (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


銅鑼灣

ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄢ

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn²¹/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan³³/

/taŋ¹³⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²³⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ³³/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ lɔː²¹ waːn²¹/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² uan³³/

/taŋ¹³⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ²³⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ³³/

Causeway Bay (an area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong)


灣仔

/wän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/wän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Wan Chai (an area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong)

Wan Tsai (a place in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


東涌

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/


將軍澳

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ ou̯³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ ou̯³³/


屯門

/tʰu̯ən³⁵ mən³⁵/

/dən²² mən⁴⁴/

/tʰu̯ən³⁵ mən³⁵/

/dən²² mən⁴⁴/

(～區) Tuen Mun District (a district of Hong Kong)


天水圍

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˊ

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ wɐi̯²¹/


元朗

/ɥɛn³⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ lɔːŋ¹³/

/ɥɛn³⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ lɔːŋ¹³/

Originally written as 圓蓢, then as 元塱 and finally as 元朗.

(～區) Yuen Long District (a district of Hong Kong)


沙田

→ English: Sha Tin

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

Sha Tin (a place in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


太和

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ wɔː²¹/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ wɔː²¹/

Tai Wo (an area in Tai Po district, Hong Kong)


石門

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² muːn²¹/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² muːn²¹/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/


上環

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/

/sœːŋ²² waːn²¹/

/zɑ̃²² ɡue⁴⁴/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/

/sœːŋ²² waːn²¹/

/zɑ̃²² ɡue⁴⁴/

Sheung Wan (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)


紅磡

/xʊŋ³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/

/hʊŋ²¹ hɐm³³/

/ɦoŋ²² kʰø⁴⁴/

/xʊŋ³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/

/hʊŋ²¹ hɐm³³/

/ɦoŋ²² kʰø⁴⁴/

紅磡體育館

红磡体育馆

Hung Hom (an area in the Kowloon City District, Hong Kong)


北角

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/poʔ³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/poʔ³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

“North point” is calque of English North Point.

North Point (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


黃大仙

→ English: Wong Tai Sin

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² siːn⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² siːn⁵⁵/

Wong Tai Sin (an area in the Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong)

(～區) Wong Tai Sin District (a district of Hong Kong)


大埔

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰu²⁴/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰu²⁴/

/tä⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tua²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² pɔ³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tä⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tua²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² pɔ³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

Tai Po (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)

(～區) Tai Po District (a district of Hong Kong)


釣魚翁

/tiːu̯³³ jyː²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hi²³⁻³³ aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ hi²⁴⁻²² aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ hi¹³⁻²² aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ⁴⁴/

/tiːu̯³³ jyː²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hi²³⁻³³ aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ hi²⁴⁻²² aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ hi¹³⁻²² aŋ⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ⁴⁴/

High Junk Peak (a hill in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


深水埗

→ English: Sham Shui Po

/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pou̯²²⁻³⁵/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pou̯²²⁻³⁵/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

Sham Shui Po (an area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

(～區) Sham Shui Po (a district of Hong Kong)


筆架山

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kaː³³⁻³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kaː³³⁻³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/


鴨脷洲

/jä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/aːp̚³ lei̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/jä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/aːp̚³ lei̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Ap Lei Chau, Aberdeen Island (an island in Hong Kong)


油尖旺

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡siːm⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²²/

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡siːm⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²²/

From the major areas in the district: 油麻地, 尖沙咀, and 旺角.

(～區) Yau Tsim Mong (a district of Hong Kong)


九龍城

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɛːŋ²¹/

/kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɛːŋ²¹/

/kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/

1912, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, fourth edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 52–53:

If you go to the flag staff in good weather you can see a long way off. I suppose you can see as far as Kowloon City.

heoi³ ce² kei⁴ gon¹ go³ syu³ hou² tin¹ hou² jyun⁵ dou¹ mong⁶ dak¹ dou³, daai⁶ koi³⁻² mong⁶ dak¹ dou³ gau² lung⁴ seng⁴.

去扯旗杆個處好天好遠都望得到，大概望得到九龍城。

去扯旗杆个处好天好远都望得到，大概望得到九龙城。

Kowloon City (an area in Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)

(～區) Kowloon City District (a district of Hong Kong)


九龍塘

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Kowloon Tong (an area in Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)


石硤尾

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² kiːp̚³ mei̯¹³/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² kiːp̚³ mei̯¹³/

Shek Kip Mei (an area in the Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong)


又一村

/joʊ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²² jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

/joʊ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²² jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Influenced by 柳暗花明又一村, a verse in Lu You's poem “Touring Shanxi Village” (《遊山西村》).

Yau Yat Tsuen, Yau Yat Chuen (an area in the Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong)


長沙灣

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ saː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ saː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

Cheung Sha Wan (an area in the Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong)


荔枝角

/li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɐi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɐi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Lai Chi Kok (an area in the Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong)


啟德

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/

/kʰɐi̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/

/kʰɐi̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Named after 何啟 and 區德, the two original developers of the area.

Kai Tak (an area in Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)


何文田

ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

/xɤ³⁵ wən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/hɔː²¹ mɐn²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

/ɦu²² vən⁵⁵ di²¹/

/xɤ³⁵ wən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/hɔː²¹ mɐn²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

/ɦu²² vən⁵⁵ di²¹/

Ho Man Tin (an area in the Kowloon City District, Hong Kong)


土瓜灣

→ English: To Kwa Wan

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

To Kwa Wan (an area in the Kowloon City District, Hong Kong)


馬灣

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/


粉嶺

/fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɐn³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɐn³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Attested as 粉壁嶺 in the Annals of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1819].

Fanling (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


New Territories

the New Territories (canonical)
New Territory (alternative)

One of the three main regions of Hong Kong.


鰂魚涌

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɤ³⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɐk̚⁵ jyː²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ ŋ̍⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɤ³⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɐk̚⁵ jyː²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ ŋ̍⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

Quarry Bay (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


東平洲

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Originally 平洲. The qualifier 東／东 (dōng, “east”) was added to distinguish the island from another island named 坪洲 (ping4 zau1, “Peng Chau”), which is homophonous with 平洲 (ping4 zau1) in Cantonese.

Tung Ping Chau (an island in the Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong)


坪洲

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Islands District
Islands District#English

Peng Chau (an island in the Islands District, Hong Kong)


汀角

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Ting Kok (an area in the Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong)


大美督

/tä⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² mei̯¹³ tʊk̚⁵/

/tä⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² mei̯¹³ tʊk̚⁵/

Originally written as 大尾篤 /大尾笃 (daai⁶ mei⁵ duk¹), with 尾 (mei⁵) and 篤 /笃 (duk¹) replaced by better sounding homophones 美 (mei⁵) and 督 (duk¹).

Tai Mei Tuk (an area in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong)


紅土

/xʊŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ¹³⁻²² tʰɔ¹³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ tʰɔ²³/

/xʊŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ¹³⁻²² tʰɔ¹³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ tʰɔ²³/

(Hong Kong, informal) Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan (an area in Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)


深井

/ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁵³/

/t͡sʰim³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ³¹/

/t͡sʰim³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁵³/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ̃⁵³/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁵³/

/ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁵³/

/t͡sʰim³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ³¹/

/t͡sʰim³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁵³/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ̃⁵³/

/t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁵³/

/sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

/ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/


調景嶺

ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɪŋ¹³/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ lɪŋ¹³/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

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.

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


沙頭角

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/

Allegedly from the following line, composed by a visiting official in the Qing dynasty

The sun rises from the beach; the moon hangs above the cape.

日出沙頭，月懸海角。

日出沙头，月悬海角。


鑽石山

Цзуаньшишань

/t͡su̯än⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/t͡syːn³³ sɛːk̚² saːn⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯än⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/t͡syːn³³ sɛːk̚² saːn⁵⁵/

Considering the area was known as a stone quarry for many years before urban development took place, it is possible that its English name Diamond Hill may be a mistranslation in the form of 鑽石 (“diamond”) + 山 (“hill”) as 鑽石 might have meant "to drill for rocks".

Diamond Hill (an area in Wong Tai Sin district, Hong Kong)


西營盤

/ɕi⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ɦin³³ bø²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ɦin³³ bø²¹/

Composed of 西 (sai1, “west”) and 營盤 (jing4 pun4, “camp”), as a fortification set up by pirates in present day Sai Ying Pun. A commonly cited folk etymology is that Sai Ying Pun is named after a military camp established by the early British military at West Point (西角, now a disused placename), a location west of Possession Point (水坑口).


堅尼地城

ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ

Цзяньнидичэн

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ tei̯²² sɪŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di³³ zən²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ tei̯²² sɪŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di³³ zən²¹/

Partial calque of English Kennedy Town, which was named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th governor of British Hong Kong.


薄扶林

ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

/pɔːk̚²⁻³ fuː²¹⁻²² lɐm²¹/

/pɔːk̚²⁻³ fuː²¹⁻²² lɐm²¹/

Written as 薄鳧林 in the Annals of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1819].


葵涌

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kʷʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kʷʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Kwai Chung (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


跑馬地

/pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/pʰaːu̯³⁵ maː¹³ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/pʰaːu̯³⁵ maː¹³ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

Happy Valley (a residential area in Hong Kong)


西灣河

/ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ hɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ue³³ ɦu²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ hɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ue³³ ɦu²¹/

Sai Wan Ho (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


赤鱲角

ㄔˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ laːp̚² kɔːk̚³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ laːp̚² kɔːk̚³/


落馬洲

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² maː¹³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² maː¹³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


赤柱

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyː¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyː¹³/


大尾篤

/tä⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² mei̯¹³ tʊk̚⁵/

/tä⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² mei̯¹³ tʊk̚⁵/


杏花村

ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄨㄣ

/ɕiŋ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/hɐŋ²² faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

/ɕiŋ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/hɐŋ²² faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

On day of Qingming Festival, a drizzly rain falls.
On the road, the traveller, disconsolate.
Enquiring, where can an inn be found?
A cowherd boy points, far away, to Apricot Blossom Village.

Qīngmíng shíjié yǔ fēnfēn, lùshàng xíngrén yù duànhún. Jièwèn jiǔjiā héchù yǒu, mùtóng yáozhǐ xìnghuācūn.

清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村。

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。

alt. forms: 杏花邨 (xìnghuācūn)

Heng Fa Chuen (a private housing estate in Hong Kong)


King's Park

Aug. 19 is the Festival of Hungry Ghosts. In addition to people burning paper offerings on most street corners, there will be Chinese opera and the burning of large paper effigies on Moreton Terrace in Causeway Bay and King's Park in Kowloon (Mass Transit Railway to Jordan Road).

1986 July 27, William Schwalbe, “WHAT'S DOING IN; HONG KONG”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Travel, page 10:

On a drizzly afternoon, Tobias Zuser met Andrew Barisić after his training session at King’s Park, right in the heart of Kowloon, to talk about his first trophy, the disputed pitch at Hong Kong Stadium, the quality of local football, the potential of the Premier League, as well as his club’s ambitious plans in the coming years.

2016 February 25, “‘We deserve to win the title’: Interview with Eastern striker Andrew Barisić”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-04-07, Hong Kong:

A neighbourhood of Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.


筲箕灣

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→ English: Shau Kei Wan, Shaukiwan, Shaojiwan

/ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/sɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ue²¹/

/ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/sɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ue²¹/

Shau Kei Wan (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)

Aldrich Bay (a bay in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong)


西環

/ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/


Discovery Bay

Matthew Poole, a pilot with Cathay Pacific Airways, lived in a high-rise apartment in Discovery Bay when he first moved to Hong Kong.

2006 September 29, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong: Beating towering buildings - Properties - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-11:

Students from a school in Discovery Bay were among protesters to descend on Hong Kong Disneyland on Sunday to demand outstanding severance and social security pay for workers at a Guangdong factory that manufactured Disney Japan toys.

2015 September 14, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “Discovery Bay students join mainland factory workers in Disneyland protest”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2016-04-07:

A neighborhood of Islands district, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.


錦田

/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/


流浮山

/li̯oʊ̯³⁵ fu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/lɐu̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/li̯oʊ̯³⁵ fu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/lɐu̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/


小西灣

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Siu Sai Wan (a place in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


黃竹坑

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵/


樂富

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/lɔːk̚² fuː³³/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/lɔːk̚² fuː³³/

Renamed from 老虎岩 (lou5 fu2 ngaam4), the place's former name. 樂富／乐富 (lok6 fu3, literally “happy and wealthy”) is a similar-sounding replacement for 老虎 (lou5 fu2, “tiger”).


淺水灣

ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Repulse Bay (a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)


梅窩

/meɪ̯³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/

/muːi̯²¹ wɔː⁵⁵/

/meɪ̯³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/

/muːi̯²¹ wɔː⁵⁵/


大澳

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² ou̯³³/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² ou̯³³/


昂坪

/ˀɑŋ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/ŋɔːŋ¹³ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/ŋɔːŋ²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/ˀɑŋ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/ŋɔːŋ¹³ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/ŋɔːŋ²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

Ngong Ping (an area in Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


清水灣

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Clear Water Bay Peninsula
w:Clear Water Bay Peninsula

(～半島) Clear Water Bay Peninsula (a peninsula in Hong Kong)


慈雲山

→ English: Tsz Wan Shan

/t͡sʰz̩³⁵ yn³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ wɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰz̩³⁵ yn³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ wɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Tsz Wan Shan (an area in Wong Tai Sin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Temple Hill (a hill in Wong Tai Sin and Sha Tin districts, Kowloon, Hong Kong)


石崗

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


八鄉

/pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/paːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

/pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/paːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/


米埔

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/mɐi̯¹³ pou̯³³/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/mɐi̯¹³ pou̯³³/


大圍

/tä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐi̯²¹/

/tä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐi̯²¹/

Tai Wai (an area in Sha Tin district, Hong Kong)


牛池灣

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/


牛頭角

ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/


油塘

→ English: Yau Tong

/joʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/joʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/


鯉魚門

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ mən³⁵/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ mən³⁵/


古洞

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/kuː³⁵ tʊŋ²²/

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/kuː³⁵ tʊŋ²²/

The second syllable 洞 may be borrowed from a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Proto-Tai *doŋᴮ (“open field”) (whence Zhuang doengh (“field”)).


秀茂坪

ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/sɐu̯³³ mɐu̯²² pʰɪŋ²¹/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/sɐu̯³³ mɐu̯²² pʰɪŋ²¹/


石澳

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɛːk̚² ou̯³³/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɛːk̚² ou̯³³/


新蒲崗

/ɕin⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕin⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


橫頭磡

/xɤŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/

/waːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ hɐm³³/

/xɤŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/

/waːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ hɐm³³/


文錦渡

ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄉㄨˋ

/wən³⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ kɐm³⁵ tou̯²²/

/wən³⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ kɐm³⁵ tou̯²²/

Man Kam To (an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong)


大坑

/tä⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² haːŋ⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² haːŋ⁵⁵/

Tai Hang (a place in Wan Chai, Hong Kong)


Lei Yue Mun

Borrowed from Cantonese 鯉魚門 /鲤鱼门 (lei⁵ jyu⁴ mun⁴).

If all went well, she would be through the Ly-ee-moon pass by dalight, and at anchor in the harbor an hour later.

1889 November, Thomas W. Knox, “The Talking Handkerchief”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXIX, number CCCCLXXIV, New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, page 937:

The couple installed oversize windows that make the most of the natural light and give them expansive views of a working harbor, a boat basin that serves as a typhoon shelter and the Lei Yue Mun Strait beyond.

2013 July 25, Alex Frew McMillan, “On Industrial Fringe of Hong Kong, a Loft Is Born”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-07-26, Great Homes & Destinations:

When the British acquired the New Territories in 1898, they started work on batteries at Devil's Peak, overlooking the narrow Lei Yue Mun channel.
The Ming dynasty (1368-1643) classified Lei Yue Mun as one of 16 major sea passages.

2014 February 19, Martin Williams, “Discover relics of war in Hong Kong”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-03-03, 48 Hours:

A man from mainland China committed suicide by jumping off a cruise ship in Lei Yue Mun on Wednesday. Marine police and firemen found the 48-year-old’s body in waters about 200 metres off Quarry Bay Park, according to Ming Pao.

2015 June 25, Vivienne Zeng, “Mainland man jumps off ship to commit suicide”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-03-23, Community & Education, Hong Kong:

A short channel in Hong Kong between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.


石塘咀

→ English: Shek Tong Tsui, Shektongtsui

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛːk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/


汀九

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Ting Kau (an area in Tsuen Wan district, Hong Kong)


洪水橋

ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/


青龍頭

ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/


打鼓嶺

ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

/tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taː³⁵ kuː³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taː³⁵ kuː³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Ta Kwu Ling (a place in Northern district, Hong Kong)

Ta Ku Ling (a village in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)

Ta Ku Ling (a demolished village in Kowloon City, Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)


坪輋

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂɤ⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː²¹/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂɤ⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː²¹/


屏山

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Ping Shan (a place in Yuen Long district, Hong Kong)


太平山

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã³³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã³³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

Victoria Peak (a peak and area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)

Tai Ping Shan (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)


石鼓洲

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sɛːk̚² kuː³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sɛːk̚² kuː³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Shek Kwu Chau (an island in the Islands District, Hong Kong)


愉景灣

/y³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/jyː²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/y³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/jyː²¹ kɪŋ³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/


大欖

/tä⁵¹ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä⁵¹ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Tai Lam (a place in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


八仙嶺

/pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Pat Sin Leng (a mountain range in the northeastern part of the New Territories, Hong Kong)


吐露港

/tʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰou̯³³ lou̯²² kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰou̯³³ lou̯²² kɔːŋ³⁵/

Tolo Harbour (a sheltered harbour in the northeastern part of the New Territories, Hong Kong)


林村

/lɐm²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

/lɐm²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Lam Tsuen (an area in Tai Po district, Hong Kong)


大欖涌

/tä⁵¹ län²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² laːm¹³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ län²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² laːm¹³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/


小欖

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Siu Lam (an area in Tuen Mun district, Hong Kong)


大棠

/tä⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/tä⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Tai Tong (an area in Yuen Long district, Hong Kong)


掃管笏

ㄙㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨˋ

/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/

/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/

So Kwun Wat (an area in Tuen Mun district, Hong Kong)


蒲台

/pʰu³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

/pʰu³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

(～島) Po Toi Island (an island in Hong Kong)


喜靈洲

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hei̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hei̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


橫瀾島

/xɤŋ³⁵ län³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːŋ²¹ laːn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/xɤŋ³⁵ län³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːŋ²¹ laːn²¹ tou̯³⁵/


鶴咀

/xɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːk̚² t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/xɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːk̚² t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Cape D'Aguilar, Hok Tsui (a cape on southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)


十八鄉

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐp̚² paːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐp̚² paːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Shap Pat Heung (an area in Yuen Long district, Hong Kong)


樟木頭

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Cheung Muk Tau
w:Cheung Muk Tau (Tai Po District)

(～村) Cheung Muk Tau (a village in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


小瀝源

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄩㄢˊ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ lɪk̚⁵ jyːn²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ lɪk̚⁵ jyːn²¹/

Siu Lek Yuen (an area in Sha Tin district, Hong Kong)


滘西洲

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/kaːu̯³³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/kaːu̯³³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Kau Sai Chau (an island in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


北潭涌

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Pak Tam Chung (an area in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


青洲

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Green Island (an islet in Hong Kong Island, off the coast of Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong)

Pillar Island (a former islet in Rambler Channel, between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi in Kwai Tsing district, Hong Kong)

Table Island (an islet near Kat O, North district, Hong Kong)

Steep Island (an islet in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


龍鼓灘

/lʊŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ tʰaːn⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ tʰaːn⁵⁵/

Lung Kwu Tan (an area in Tuen Mun district, Hong Kong)


烏溪沙

/u⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/wuː⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

/u⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/wuː⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Wu Kai Sha (an area in Sha Tin district, Hong Kong)


九龍仔

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄞˇ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/


布袋澳

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²² ou̯³³/

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²² ou̯³³/

Po Toi O (a bay of Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


沙灣

/ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

Sandy Bay (a bay in Pok Fu Lam, Southern district, Hong Kong)


Lantau Island

In relatively remote and inaccessible areas like Tung Chung on Lantau Island and the Northern Sai Kung peninsula—where the demand for agricultural land by immigrant farmers and urbanization and industrialization is not so great—the size of farm is not any larger than that of the densely populated areas.

1964, C. T. Wong, “Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Hong Kong”, in S. G. Davis, editor, Land Use Problems in Hong Kong: A Symposium, Hong Kong University Press, page 63:

To reach Mui Wo, a small town on Lantau Island, you take a ferry from central Hong Kong, and after a 30-minute ride arrive at a small square with a car park and bus stops blackened by fumes.

2019 November 22, Ilaria Maria Sala, “After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-22, Opinion:

Leung left Shek Pik Prison on Lantau Island in the early hours of Wednesday. He appeared to indicate that he would be keeping a low profile after his release.

2022 January 19, “Hong Kong activist Edward Leung released from prison”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2022-01-19, News:


Kowloon City

Calque of Chinese 九龍城 /九龙城 (literally “Kowloon City”).

calque

The question of Kowloon City was discussed with Li Hung-chang, Viceroy of Kwantung^([sic – meaning Kwangtung]) and Kwangsi Provinces, when he passed through the colony in July 1900. A Colonial Office official minuted on this, 'We have definitely decided not to allow the City to fall under Chinese jurisdiction, and have told the Chinese government so, and have passed an order in council including it in the New Territory, and the matter is at an end.' The Foreign Office arrangement of leaving Kowloon City as it was, was dropped, but Chinese opinion in Kwangtung Province continued to regard it as not forming part of the lease.

1964 [1958], G. B. Endacott, A History of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, page 267:

Her research is, given her circumstances as a visitor, impeccable, although there are inevitably tiny mistakes. These will irk the Hong Kong cognoscenti (Kowloon City, for example, is not at the southern tip of Kowloon Peninsula but to the northeast) yet detract little from the tour de force this book surely is; for it is much more than a travel book, much more than a historical or social study.

1989 January 15, Martin Booth, “HONG KONG SKYSCRAPERS AND SEA DRAGONS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-07:

The flight path into Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport is one of the trickiest in the world; planes approach between steep hills and over the rooftops of Kowloon City to swoop onto a strip of land that juts out into the harbor.

1994, Bruce Thomas, Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit: A Biography by Bruce Thomas, Frog, Ltd., page 4:

The district of Wong Tai Sin to the north of Kowloon City is known for two things: its enormous and faceless housing estate and one of the most active and interesting temples in the territory.

2010, Andrew Stone, Piera Chan, Chung Wah Chow, “Neighbourhoods & Islands”, in Hong Kong & Macau City Guide (Lonely Planet), 14th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114, column 1:

Immigrants from other parts of Asia also marked out their territories on the city’s culinary map, with Kowloon City known for its Thai food, Tsim Sha Tsui for Indian and Korean, and Causeway Bay for Japanese.

2015, Charley Lanyon, Maloy Luakian, Dorothy So, Kate Springer, Fodor's Hong Kong: With a Side Trip to Macau, 24th edition, Fodor's Travel, page 11:

On another day, I went for a walk through Kowloon City, a section of town that partly includes an actual walled city with a history that can be traced back centuries and was demolished in the 1990s (it’s now a public park).

2016 November 23, Lucas Peterson, “In Hong Kong’s Kowloon, the Markets Rule”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-11-23, Travel:

An area in Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.


Jordan Valley

* The city in Oregon, United States is named after prospector Michael M. Jordan.
* The area in Hong Kong is named after Gregory Paul Jordan.

named-after

A housing development in Jordan Valley will go ahead despite faultlines and landfill gas, legislators were told yesterday.

1999 June 24, “Flats approved despite gas”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-22:

Two sets of joints intersect at an angle to form a wedge failure on the free face of the blasting bench may cause flyrock due to the reduction of burde. Figure 1.38 shows a flyrock accident in the project of Jordan Valley, Hong Kong, in 2003.

2017, Dingxiang Zou, “Geology”, in Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33:

An area in Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong.


半山

/pän⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ suã⁴⁴/

/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/pän⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ suã⁴⁴/

/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/


Admiralty

Admiralty
HMS Tamar (shore station)
Singapore Naval Base

From admiralty. From the historical naval bases established in the regions, namely HMS Tamar for Hong Kong and HMS Sembawang for Singapore.

On Wednesday, police dismantled barricades at the last main occupation site in the city's Admiralty district and arrested some 200 protesters who refused to leave the site.

2014 December 11, Ishaan Tharoor, “What’s next for Hong Kong’s democracy movement”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-27, World:

But when the march reached the government headquarters in the Admiralty district, the line of people behind stretched nearly two miles, with large crowds still waiting to leave the park.

2019 August 18, Austin Ramzy, “Hong Kong Protesters Defy Police Ban in Show of Strength After Tumult”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-19, Asia Pacific:

An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.


中英街

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Chung Ying Street (a street on the border between Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong and Shatoujiao, Yantian district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)


Victoria Harbour

Named after British monarch Queen Victoria.

Putting the viewing platform on the roof will provide a much better view of islands to the south of Hong Kong Island, in the opposite direction from Victoria Harbour, which the tower faces.

2005 April 3, Keith Bradsher, “Makeover for a Chinese Harbor's Landmark”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, TRAVEL:

Saturday’s march — the ninth weekend of sustained protests — deviated from a route authorized by police and went into the tourist-heavy shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon, which looks onto Victoria Harbor.

2019 August 3, Shibani Mahtani, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong protests spill into tourist district with tear gas and arrests”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-03, Asia & Pacific:

One of two giant rubber ducks anchored in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as part of an art installation by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman deflated on Saturday, to the disappointment of residents coming to see them in scorching heat.

2023 June 10, Jessie Pang, Marius Zaharia, “One of two giant rubber ducks in Hong Kong harbour deflates”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-06-10, Lifestyle:

Now on display at Hong Kong International Airport, the C919 will fly over the city’s Victoria Harbour on Saturday.

2023 December 13, “China debuts homegrown C919 jet in Hong Kong ahead of Victoria Harbour fly-past”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-12-30, Hong Kong:

A harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north.


Whampoa

Anglicization of Cantonese 黃埔／黄埔 (wong4 bou3).

A group of masked, black-clad protesters attacked outlets in Whampoa, a mainly residential area, trashing restaurants and shops perceived to have links to mainland China.

2019 December 1, Jeffie Lam, Lilian Cheng, Linda Lew, “Masked protesters attack and trash shops in Hong Kong’s Whampoa district after stand-off with police following end of march”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-05, Politics:

After nightfall on Sunday, the upscale residential neighbourhood of Whampoa became a flashpoint between protesters and police.

2019 December 2, Holmes Chan, “‘Don’t forget our original intentions’: Thousands protest in Kowloon, as Hong Kong police fire tear gas”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2021-09-23:

The artist spent about a month on the mural and completed in mid-July 2020. The nature-inspired mural has brought a refreshing change to the Whampoa area and the pumping station.

(Can we date this quote?), “Murals Paintings on Whampoa Garden Sewage Pumping Station”, in Drainage Services Department, archived from the original on 2022-08-09, Beautifying and Greening of our Facilities:

An area in Hung Hom, Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.


界限街

ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝ

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/kaːi̯³³ haːn²² kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/kaːi̯³³ haːn²² kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Boundary Street (a street in Hong Kong, China, historically the boundary between Kowloon and the New Territories)


葵青

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/kʷʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/kʷʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

From the major areas in the district: 葵涌 and 青衣.

(～區) Kwai Tsing (a district of Hong Kong)


Lion Rock

From lion + rock.
* (Lion Rock, Kowloon): From being a rock formation having a form reminiscent of a crouching lion

A hill in Sha Tin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.


佐敦

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³³ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³³ tɵn⁵⁵/


炮臺山

/pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pʰaːu̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/pʰaːu̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Fortress Hill (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)


油尖

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

(historical) (～區) Yau Tsim (a district of Hong Kong), now part of Yau Tsim Mong District


Kwai Tsing

From Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, the two constituent areas of the district.

Kwai Tsing District Council has been accused of spending HK$630,000 on fake “likes” on a Facebook page.
A document published by the District Council showed that the money was spent on a Facebook page for Kwai Tsing’s community programme.

2015 August 20, Kris Cheng, “Kwai Tsing District Council accused of spending $630k on fake Facebook likes”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-09-16:

The suspect fled to Japan following the death of a 63-year-old woman on March 14, when she was bludgeoned to death with a crowbar after finding a man she knew trying to steal valuables from her home at Kwai Fong Terrace in the city’s Kwai Tsing district.

2023 May 6, Jeffie Lam, “Hong Kong murder suspect in bludgeoning of 63-year-old woman committed suicide after fleeing to Japan”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-06, Law and Crime:


Tsing Yi

The police have not caught the arsonists who burned the ship off Tsing Yi Island on Jan. 9, 1972. The fire was officially attributed to sabotage.

1997 January 5, Reuters, “Hong Kong to Build Port At Site of Sunken Liner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-12-27, Section 1, page 7:

A coach carrying Cathay Pacific employees to Hong Kong’s airport collided with a stationary taxi on Tsing Sha Highway in Tsing Yi island at around 4.54am, crushing both vehicles.

2018 November 30, Jennifer Creery, “Footage of deadly coach crash emerges, as Hong Kong leader says ‘too early’ to determine cause”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-10-06, Hong Kong:

The back half of the taxi was completely crushed and both sides of the bus were damaged with traces of blood on the outside following the crash on the island of Tsing Yi.

2018 November 30, “Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2018-11-30, Live news:

Tsing Ma Bridge (Figure 63.31), a highway-railway bipurpose suspension bridge on the freeway between the new airport and the urban district, connecting the Tsing Yi Island and Mawan Island in Hong Kong, is the world's longest of its kind.

2021, Bridge Engineering Handbook, volume 3, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63-35:

An island in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

A town in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

A village of Tsing Yi Rural Committee, Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

A rural committee in Tsing Yi district, New Territories, Hong Kong.


Kennedy Town

Named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th Governor of British Hong Kong.

The Tung Fat Building has a prized waterfront position in Kennedy Town, the westernmost neighborhood on the crowded north shore of Hong Kong Island.

2014 December 18, Alex Frew McMillan, “A Pair of Developers Break With Tradition in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-12-18, GREAT HOMES & DESTINATIONS:

A steady stream of young Chinese tourists stops by a seaside cafe in Hong Kong’s Kennedy Town to take pictures of the harbor — but only for a moment.

2023 September 29, Theodora Yu, Christian Shepherd, “Young people in China call themselves ‘special forces’ of budget travel”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-07, World:


堅城

/kiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

/kiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Short for 堅尼地城／坚尼地城.

zh-etym-short

Short for 堅尼地城／坚尼地城

K-Town; Kennedy Town (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)


City of Victoria

Hong Kong is an indifferent guardian of its past, with old buildings too frequently torn down in favor of nondescript high-rises. But a new exhibit of historical photographs, "City of Victoria," offers a fascinating record of Hong Kong's history.

1999 April 18, Mark Landler, “WHAT'S DOING IN; Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-09-04, Travel:

Seven such stones were found earlier, marking out the City of Victoria, Hong Kong’s first urban settlement after it became a British colony. The boundary of the settlement was gazetted in 1903.

2021 December 17, Joyce Ng, Sammy Heung, “Where is the City of Victoria? Authenticity confirmed for 3 more boundary stones marking Hong Kong’s first colonial settlement”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-17, Society:


Central and Western

The merger of two former districts, Central and Western.

Olivia Parker and Jim Woods at the end of their marathon on Central and Western District Promenade in Hong Kong.

2020 February 25, Olivia Parker, “Running in the Time of Coronavirus”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-02-25, Covid-19:

Since January, 15 newly elected district councilors have been arrested on questionable charges. The Hong Kong government revived a colonial-era offense — sedition — to prosecute Cheng Lai-king, chairwoman of Central and Western District Council, over an online post calling for justice for the Indonesian journalist who lost her eye in September after being hit by a police projectile.

2020 April 23, Maggie Shum, “Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-12, Monkey Cage:


Shek Tong Tsui

The man had arrived in a sampan while the cargo was being transferred from the barges which had been towed out to the Yorktown from the cargo handling basin at Shek Tong Tsui on the Island.

1992, Brian Nicholson, chapter 16, in 1997: A Conspiracy to Destroy Hong Kong, Saffron Walden, Essex: Bear Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:

Although the nomination period of the district council election ended in October, a banner for a new “candidate” has been spotted on the streets of Shek Tong Tsui in Sai Wan.

2015 November 10, Kris Cheng, “Mysterious ‘fake’ district council election candidate emerges in Sai Wan”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-01-27, Business, HKFP Buzz, Politics & Protest:

Nestled between Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui is home to busy restaurants, quirky cafes and hipster hang-outs serving all kinds of cuisines, including the best Singaporean and Malaysian food in town.

2019 June 17, Vicki Williams, “7 of the best restaurants, cafes and hipster hang-outs to hit in Shek Tong Tsui”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-06, Leisure:


Sai Ying Pun

From Cantonese 西營盤 /西营盘 (sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴, literally “West Camp”).

bor

Sei Ying Poon (alternative)
Sei-ying-poon (alternative)
Sai Ying Poon (alternative)
Sy-ing-poon (alternative)

The winter of poor air had also forced my partner, Zamira, and me to relocate from our apartment in Sai Ying Pun, an aging urban district in Western Hong Kong where we had been living since arriving in the city, to a flat in a village house in Mui Wo, a rural town on the coast of Lantau Island.

2012, Timothy Choy, “Air's Substantiations”, in Kaushik Sunder Rajan, editor, Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets, Duke University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123:

Voters wait in line outside a polling station in the Sai Ying Pun district of Hong Kong.

2019 November 24, Shibani Mahtani, Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong’s pro-democracy parties sweep pro-Beijing establishment aside in local elections”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-24:

Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”

2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-14:

Hong Kong’s health department told a briefing that around 47 cases were related to the outbreak at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the city’s trendy Sai Ying Pun district, which is popular with expatriate lawyers, bankers and hedge fund executives.

2021 March 12, Farah Master, Twinnie Siu, “COVID-19 outbreak at Hong Kong gym sends shivers through expat community”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-03-12, Emerging Markets:

Following the outbreak at the Ursus Fitness gym in Sai Ying Pun, the government announced two ambush lockdowns on Saturday, and another on Sunday, in the Mid-Levels district.

2021 March 15, Candice Chau, “Covid-19: 2 cases found after almost 3,500 people tested in Mid-Levels ‘ambush’ lockdowns”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-03-03, Hong Kong:

Some residents who had appointments to receive the Pfizer shots stood in line outside a community center in the city’s Sai Ying Pun neighborhood at about 10.30 a.m. They eventually left when it became clear the vaccines would not be administered.

2021 March 24, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-03-24:


Sai Wan

A young couple at the waterfront area known as Instagram Pier in the Hong Kong neighborhood of Sai Wan. Only about 3 percent of Hong Kongers between the ages of 18 and 29 describe themselves broadly as Chinese, according to a recent survey.

2017 June 30, Austin Ramzy, Alan Wong, “Young People Have Their Say About the Future of Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-06-30, Asia Pacific:

Mock pork is not new to Hong Kong. Alongside fake abalone, chicken and goose at the Po Lin Yuen Vegetarian Food restaurant in the Sai Wan area, co-owner Selina Yeung (no relation to David) sells imitation char siu, and a chopped version labeled in English as “BBQ Veg. Pork.”

2019 March 18, Andrew Genung, “It’s the Year of the Pig. Is it also the year fake pork takes off in China?”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-03-19, Food:


Sai Wan

From Cantonese 西灣 /西湾 (literally “West Bay”).

There was a 6-inch coastal battery at Pak Sha Wan, a 6-inch howitzer battery at Sai Wan and a 3-inch AA battery at Sai Wan Hill.

2022 September 15, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

(obsolete) An area in Eastern district, Hong Kong: Chai Wan.

A bay of Cheung Chau in Islands district, Hong Kong.

A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Tai Long Sai Wan.

A bay of Lantau Island in Islands district, Hong Kong: Fan Lau Sai Wan.

A bay of Tai A Chau in Islands district, Hong Kong.


Sheung Wan

Newspaper vendor Chung Tang, 74, knows just how bad it can be, working all day at a bus stop in Sheung Wan, a busy neighborhood next to the Central business district where pollution-free trams trundle along metal rails, between the cars and buses, just as they have done for more than 100 years.[…]
Tang was referring to a government measure to ban idling engines on streets, especially in densely populated pockets of Hong Kong island, like Sheung Wan, where narrow, poorly ventilated streets help concentrated emissions collect.

2012 June 29, Sisi Tang, Stephen Aldred, Tan Ee Lyn, Clarie Lee, “Memo to Hong Kong's new leader: must clear the air”, in James Pomfret, Nick Macfie, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-11-06, Environment:

Police and protesters alike shouted warnings to residents to close their windows and protect themselves from tear gas. But the noxious gas fired around the trendy Sheung Wan neighborhood just west of central Hong Kong seeped into packed residential buildings, hotels and air-conditioning systems.

2019 July 28, Shibani Mahtani, “Hong Kong clashes turn streets into tear-gas filled battleground for second day in a row”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-28, Asia & Pacific:

At Mount Zero, a jewel-box-size bookstore in the Sheung Wan district, the owner hosts visits by politically controversial authors.

2021 June 20, Tiffany May, “In the New Hong Kong, Booksellers Walk a Fine Line”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-20:

An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.


Mount Davis

Named after Sir John Francis Davis, the 2nd Governor of British Hong Kong.

As mentioned, the 1st Middlesex occupied beach pill boxes extending along the west, south and eastern littoral from beneath Mount Davis in the West to Sau Kei Wan [Shau Kei Wan] Hill in the northeast. The Hong Kong Volunteers, mostly assigned to man weapons ranging from artillery to machine guns, together with various auxiliary units, supported these units.

2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier, Historian, Teacher, Collector, Traveller, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147:

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a top American business school, is set to relocate its Singapore campus to Hong Kong next year after the government offered it a 17,000 sq ft heritage building on Mount Davis for a one-off premium of just HK$1,000 ($130).

2013 July 11, “PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - July 12”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-05-17, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS:

Villa Cecil on Mount Davis was found to have had a private pool partially on government land for over two decades.

2023 September 14, James Lee, “Hong Kong urban planning NGO finds 173 alleged illegal structures at luxury houses”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-02-29, Hong Kong:

A hill in Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

An area in Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong


Mid-Levels

The $29 million people mover, which snakes its way through some of the oldest sections of Hong Kong, connects the British territory's Central business district with the densely populated Mid-Levels residential area, which, while close to Central, is up a very steep hill from it.
Mid-Levels, Hong Kong's fastest growing area, sprang from a sleepy neighborhood of individual houses in the 1950s to a concrete jungle now, packed with 30-story apartment blocks and a population of some 60,000 people.

1993 October 18, Daniela Deane, “FOREIGN JOURNAL”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-03:

On the morning of March 25, 2006, all the available reporters in Hong Kong scurried to my Mid-Levels neighborhood to photograph my dog being dramatically rescued from the top of a tree.[…]
Jade and I proceeded outside for our morning dog walk on the trails behind my Mid-Levels apartment.

2009, Jessica Bellas, “Hong Kong Fire Service Rescues Dog from Cliff Side”, in Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks: Misadventures in Hong Kong & China, Hong Kong: TAMCO Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14:

Bacani, who comes from a village in Nueva Vizcaya, moved to Hong Kong when she was 19, giving up her nursing studies so she could help pay for her younger brother and sister's schooling.
For the last decade she has worked alongside her mother for an Australian-Chinese businesswoman in the affluent Mid-Levels neighbourhood on Hong Kong island.

2015 May 26, Emma Batha, “Filipina maid photographs "modern slavery" in Hong Kong”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-12-29:

This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is in the western section of Mid-Levels, an affluent residential area built into the northern slope of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.

2019 April 17, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, “House Hunting in … Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-17, Real Estate:

While Dent & Co. left little mark in that particular area, Glenealy (己連拿利) in Mid-Levels is named after the residence of Dent & Co.’s partner.

2024 February 17, Diana Pang, “Foreign influence Part 4.: From wharves to wealth – how trade & commerce shaped Hong Kong’s street names”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-02-17, Hong Kong:


Wan Chai

Unbeknownst to him, as he was taken into custody, the businessman had become a victim of drink spiking – a crime seen in Wan Chai, a district bristled with clubs and watering holes.

2019 May 13, Jennifer Creery, “Dazed and confused: Hong Kong’s tourists at risk of drink spiking in Wan Chai”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-09-28, HKFP Features:

As dusk fell, demonstrators in the Wan Chai district continued to toss Molotov cocktails at the police while the clanging of bricks on metal street signs — the protesters’ call to arms — echoed through a canyon of tall apartment buildings.

2019 September 29, Mike Ives, Keith Bradsher, Andrew Jacobs, “Major Clashes Erupt in Hong Kong Ahead of China’s National Day”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-30:

The flavor of the event was clear from the outset. Police had planned various routes to bring Lam into and out of the stadium, a 3,500-seat indoor sports arena in the Wan Chai district, after forums online discussed blocking her path.

2019 September 26, Shibani Mahtani, Tiffany Liang, “Hong Kong’s embattled leader faces barrage of criticism at ‘dialogue’ session”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-26, Asia & Pacific:

Four activists from the League of Social Democrats, a pro-democracy political party, staged a small protest near a polling station in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai neighborhood. The activists displayed banners that criticized using this "small circle election" to showcase "public opinion." The police stopped and searched the protesters.

2021 September 19, “Hong Kong: 'Patriots only' election starts without pro-democracy candidates”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2021-09-19, News:

An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.


Bowrington

Named after John Bowring, the 4th Governor of British Hong Kong.

Tucked away between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Bowrington is one of Hong Kong Island's more interesting neighbourhoods.

2008 June 29, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-23:

On Christmas Day the Allied forces on Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. At the time of surrender the East Brigade had been pushed down into the tip of the Stanley peninsula, and the West Brigade held a line that ran roughly from Bowrington in the north to Aberdeen in the south — less than a quarter of the Island’s territory was held between them.

2009, Robyn Walker, “The Battle Rages”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:


Choong Wan

The map was in the office before he entered it, but he believed it was the map specially prepared in reference to Ordinance 7 of 1866. He considered lot 713 to be within the distict of Choong Wan.

1880 April 9, Mr. Gerrard, quotee, “ALLEGED NUISANCE.”, in The Hong Kong Daily Press, number 6969, Hongkong, page 2, column 3:

Henry Chan Hay has been involved in community work in Western District for many years. He became Area Committee Chairman for Chung Wan in 1990 and took part in many district projects during 1992.

[1993 June 12, “Queen's Birthday Honours”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-18:

Obsolete spelling of Chung Wan (“Central (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)”)..


Jardine's Lookout

Named after William Jardine of the Jardine, Matheson & Company.

Her Hong Kong hotel suite had a view of Jardine’s Lookout, which commemorates William Jardine, an opium agent and one of the founders of the powerful trading company known today as Jardine Matheson Holdings.

2011 August 18, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-08-25, Books:

Chen owns a home on Purves Road in the luxury district of Jardine's Lookout, which overlooks Happy Valley racecourse, local media reported.

2012 August 31, Alex Frew McMillan, Joy Leung, Umesh Desai, “Chinese home builder Agile's chairman arrested over indecent assault”, in Daniel Magnowski, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-04-22, Markets:

A residential area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.


Causeway Bay

Named after Causeway Road, which was originally built as a causeway.

But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.

2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, In Transit:

For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.

2013 September 25, Aric Chen, “A Hong Kong Neighborhood That’s a Lot Like Brooklyn”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Food, Travel:

The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit.

2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-11:

Black-clad protesters were seen chanting pro-democracy slogans in the city's busy shopping districts of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, demanding "Liberate Hong Kong, "Stand with Hong Kong" and "Revolution of our times."

2020 May 24, “Hong Kong: Tear gas fired as thousands protest new security law”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, Politics:

On Friday, police cordoned off parts of the park in Causeway Bay, which for some 30 years was the site of annual candlelight vigils to remember those who died during the 1989 crackdown.

2022 June 4, “In Pictures: High security and mini acts of defiance as Hong Kong seeks to thwart Tiananmen crackdown commemorations”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2022-06-04:

A bay of Hong Kong Island in Causeway Bay and Tai Hang, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong, now reclaimed.


Tai Hang

“We are not wealthy people and not financially sound. To earn a living is of the utmost importance so as to feed my family,” said Ben Ip, 45, a mechanic and owner of a vehicle paint shop in the city’s Tai Hang district.

2020 May 23, Jessie Pang, Donny Kwok, Anne Marie Roantree, “Hong Kongers fret over Beijing's planned new security laws”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-05-23, World:

Smoke and fire swirled in the heady air, wafting from the dragon’s 67-metre (219-feet) body which is made up of thousands of incense sticks.
The dragon was hoisted by hundreds of volunteers who danced and bounded along the streets of the Tai Hang neighbourhood in a raucous parade.

2023 September 29, “Hong Kong ‘living tradition’ of fire dragon dance returns to Tai Hang after 3-year hiatus”, in Hong Kong Free Press, sourced from AFP, archived from the original on 2024-10-12, Hong Kong:


North Point

→ Chinese: 北角 (calque)

The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault.

2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, “The Fall of Hong Kong, December 1941”, in Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:

Three masked explorers appeared atop an apartment tower in Hong Kong’s North Point district and sent a black drone flying, over a clothesline, until it was buzzing more than 10 stories above the cars, trams and pedestrians on the street below.

2017 February 7, Mike Ives, “Using Stealth, and Drones, to Document a Fading Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-02-15, Asia Pacific:

Even in pro-Beijing strongholds such as North Point, fresh-faced candidates running on an explicitly pro-democracy platform unseated longtime incumbents.

2019 November 24, Shibani Mahtani, Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong’s pro-democracy parties sweep pro-Beijing establishment aside in local elections”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-24, World:

Densely packed with dilapidated, high-rise apartment blocks looming above bustling neon-lit streets, North Point has long been known as one of the “reddest” – or most pro-Beijing – districts in Hong Kong.

2019 December 23, Kate Lamb, Jessie Pang, “Young democrats shake up pro-Beijing stronghold in Hong Kong”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-08-28, Top News:


Tsat Tsz Mui

From Cantonese 七姊妹 (literally “Seven Sisters”).

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 5th day of September, 1904, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, at Tsat Tsz Mui, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

1904 August 30 [1904 August 27], “Government Notification”, in The Hongkong Telegraph (New Series), number 4633, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:

There is another example of the Seven Sisters. It is an area in the east portion of North Point, near Quarry Bay, Hong Kong called Tsat Tsz Mui (七姊妹 Seven Sisters).

2007, Roy Bates, 10,000 Chinese Numbers, Beijing: China History Press, →ISBN, page 172:

A worker at Tsat Tsz Mui post office admitted in Eastern Court yesterday to using old stamps and pocketing the postage payment meant for mailing a package.

2009 April 1, Joyce Man, “Postal worker admits pocketing HK$22.50”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-05:


Braemar Hill

Named after British Royal Navy officer Gordon Bremer.

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MEANWHILE ON THE internet, people are swapping examples of the worst examples of parking in Hong Kong. Here’s a picture this columnist took the other day in Braemar Hill. The motorist has managed to park not exactly in the middle of the road, but pretty close.

2015 December 18, Nury Vittachi, “Nury’s Diary: Concentration camp being built in Macau”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-11-23:

2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 195:

There are a few criss-crossed trails, and not all have signs, but head for Braemar Hill.[…]
Now on the trail, you’ll have to push your way through some branches and maybe some spiderwebs, but only a couple of minutes away is a large outcrop of rocks, which you can clamber up and see Hong Kong from a magnificent angle.

2020 May 13, “The best hikes with views of Hong Kong – take in the skyline from a new and unique angle”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-14, Trail Running:


Fortress Hill

At one point on Saturday, scuffling broke out in the Fortress Hill neighborhood of Hong Kong Island near the site of a vandalized Lennon Wall.[…]
New clashes between civilians erupted Sunday night in Fortress Hill and nearby North Point.

2019 September 15, Mike Ives, Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Protesters March Again, Defying the Police”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-15, Asia Pacific:

Pro-democracy candidates won four out of five seats in the district, up from one in the last election. In the adjacent Fortress Hill neighborhood, they added another two.

2019 December 27, “Young democrats shake up Hong Kong politics”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2019-12-23: