香港
解説 Definition
香港
A major city and special administrative region on the southern coast of China. The name is used as a proper noun without an article in ordinary expressions such as “live in Hong Kong” and “travel to Hong Kong.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
中国語の「香港」を広東語で読んだ音が英語名 Hong Kong のもとです。「香」は香り、「港」は港という構成も押さえましょう。都市・地域名なので、live in Hong Kong、go to Hong Kong のように通常は冠詞を付けず、前置詞 in や to と結び付けて覚えます。
Remember Hong Kong as the English form of the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese place name 香港. The two written elements traditionally mean “fragrant” and “harbor,” so the idea of a harbor provides a useful factual connection. Learn it in common location patterns: someone is from Hong Kong, lives in Hong Kong, or travels to Hong Kong. Because it is a proper place name, English normally uses it without the: say “in Hong Kong,” not “in the Hong Kong.”
例文
Hong Kong is a big city.
香港は大きな街です。
My uncle lives in Hong Kong.
おじは香港に住んでいます。
Hong Kong の類義語・関連語
派生語
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Hong Kong の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語名 Hong Kong は、中国語の地名「香港」を広東語で読んだ音に由来するとされます。「香」は香り、「港」は港を意味します。
The English name Hong Kong comes from a Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese name 香港. The Chinese characters literally contain the ideas of “fragrant” or “incense” and “harbor” or “port.” English spellings of Chinese place names historically reflected the sounds heard and romanized by speakers of particular Chinese varieties, so Hong Kong preserves a Cantonese-based form rather than the modern Mandarin pronunciation of the same characters.
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