峴港

Chinese

		steep hill	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
trad. (峴港)		峴	港
simp. (岘港)		岘	港
alternative forms		蜆港／蚬港

Etymology

Corruption of 蜆港 (“mussel port”), referring to the nearby Sơn Trà island, an island shaped like a mussel (蜆) and used by ancient Chinese vessels as a point of navigation to Đà Nẵng.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàngǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ gong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàngǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàngǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsien⁴-kang³
    • Yale: Syàn-gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianngaang
    • Palladius: Сяньган (Sjanʹgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ gong²
    • Yale: yihn góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² kɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

峴港

1. (～市) Đà Nẵng (a city in Vietnam)

Synonyms

• (dated) 大南 (Dànán), 沱㶞 (Tuónǎng)