本港

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (本港)		本	港

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běngǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běngǎng [Phonetic: béngǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běngǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-kang³
    • Yale: běn-gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beengaang
    • Palladius: бэньган (bɛnʹgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gong²
    • Yale: bún góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Noun

本港

1. (Hong Kong) this Hong Kong

   本港確診人數／本港确诊人数  ―  běngǎng quèzhěn rénshù  ―  number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong

Usage notes

• A term that refers to Hong Kong in formal settings (news media, politics, etc.).

See also

• 本澳 (běn'ào)
• 我國／我国 (wǒguó, “our country”)