Pronunciation of Hong Kong in English

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

Cantonese

• IPA: [hœːŋ¹kɔːŋ²];
• Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2;
• Yale: heūng góng;

Mandarin

• Pinyin: Xiānggǎng;  ^{listen to the Mandarin}
• Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang

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