太子港

Chinese

		crown prince; Taizi	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (太子港)		太子	港
Literally: “port of the prince”.

Etymology

Calque of French Port-au-Prince (literally “port of the prince”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàizǐgǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄍㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zi² gong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàizǐgǎng [Phonetic: tàizígǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄍㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàizǐhgǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-tzŭ³-kang³
  - Yale: Tài-dž-gǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taytzyygaang
  - Palladius: Тайцзыган (Tajczygan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ zi² gong²
  - Yale: taai jí góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzi² gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ ji² gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

太子港

Port-au-Prince (the capital city of Haiti)

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