觀塘

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	pond
trad. (觀塘)		觀	塘
simp. (观塘)		观	塘

Etymology

From the homophonous 官塘 (“Mandarin ponds”), short for 官富鹽塘／官富盐塘 (gun1 fu3 jim4 tong4, “Koon Fu salt yards”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guāntáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ tong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guāntáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guantáng
  - Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: Gwān-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guantarng
  - Palladius: Гуаньтан (Guanʹtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ tong⁴
  - Yale: gūn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

觀塘

Kwun Tong (a place in Hong Kong)
(～區) Kwun Tong District (a district of Hong Kong)

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