堅尼地城

Chinese

Partial calque of English Kennedy Town, which was named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th governor of British Hong Kong.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānnídìchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄋㄧˊ 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/
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/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci-gni-di-zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹ji-nyi-di-zen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di³³ zən²¹/

堅尼地城

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).

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