堅尼地城
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Chinese[edit]
city walls; city; town | |||
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trad. (堅尼地城) | 堅尼地 | 城 | |
simp. (坚尼地城) | 坚尼地 | 城 | |
alternative forms | 堅彌地城/坚弥地城 |
Etymology[edit]
Partial calque of English Kennedy Town, which was named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th governor of British Hong Kong.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jiannídìchéng
- Wade–Giles: Chien1-ni2-ti4-chʻêng2
- Yale: Jyān-ní-dì-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannidihcherng
- Palladius: Цзяньнидичэн (Czjanʹnidičɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gin1 nei4 dei6 sing4
- Yale: gīn nèih deih sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gin1 nei4 dei6 sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: gin1 néi4 déi6 xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiːn⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ tei̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Proper noun[edit]
堅尼地城
- Kennedy Town (an area in Hong Kong)
Usage notes[edit]
The older alternative form 堅彌地城 is still used in several road names (e.g. 堅彌地城海旁 and 堅彌地城新海旁).