香港話

Chinese

		Hong Kong	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (香港話)		香港	話
simp. (香港话)		香港	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiānggǎnghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānggǎnghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sianggǎnghuà
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-kang³-hua⁴
    • Yale: Syāng-gǎng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggaanghuah
    • Palladius: Сянганхуа (Sjanganxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2
    • Yale: hēung góng wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gong² wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

香港話

1. Hong Kong Cantonese

   • 本教程有系統地介紹香港話語言知識，幫助學員掌握語音系統，認識香港話的各種詞彙和語法現象，同時教程也注重語言的傳意功能，在後兩個單元介紹了道歉、請求等各類基本的交際用語。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     本教程有系统地介绍香港话语言知识，帮助学员掌握语音系统，认识香港话的各种词汇和语法现象，同时教程也注重语言的传意功能，在后两个单元介绍了道歉、请求等各类基本的交际用语。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2005, 鄭定歐, 張勵妍, 高石英, editors, 前言, in 《粵語（香港話）教程》, page 3

     bun² gaau³ cing⁴ jau⁵ hai⁶ tung² dei⁶ gaai³ siu⁶ hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2 jyu⁵ jin⁴ zi¹ sik¹, bong¹ zo⁶ hok⁶ jyun⁴ zoeng² ak¹ jyu⁵ jam¹ hai⁶ tung², jing⁶ sik¹ hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2 dik¹ gok³ zung² ci⁴ wui⁶ wo⁴ jyu⁵ faat³ jin⁶ zoeng⁶, tung⁴ si⁴ gaau³ cing⁴ jaa⁵ zyu³ zung⁶ jyu⁵ jin⁴ dik¹ cyun⁴ ji³ gung¹ nang⁴, zoi⁶ hau⁶ loeng⁵ go³ daan¹ jyun⁴ gaai³ siu⁶ liu⁵ dou⁶ hip³, cing² kau⁴ dang² gok³ leoi⁶ gei¹ bun² dik¹ gaau¹ zai³ jung⁶ jyu⁵. [Jyutping]

     This course systematically introduces linguistic knowledge of Hong Kong Cantonese, helping students have a command of the phonological system and know all kinds of vocabulary and grammatical phenomena in Hong Kong Cantonese. At the same time, the course also pays attention to the communicative function of language; in the last two units, it introduces basic conversational expressions for making apologies, requests, etc.

   • Mok等（2013）也對28名香港發音人進行了類似實驗，利用判別分析（predictive discriminant analysis）整理實驗數據、同時計算發音人的反應時間（reaction time），卻沒有發現聲調完全混同的情況，因此Mok等（2013）提出：香港話的發音人依然擁有6個聲調，只是聲調的調域變窄了。 [MSC, trad.]
     Mok等（2013）也对28名香港发音人进行了类似实验，利用判别分析（predictive discriminant analysis）整理实验数据、同时计算发音人的反应时间（reaction time），却没有发现声调完全混同的情况，因此Mok等（2013）提出：香港话的发音人依然拥有6个声调，只是声调的调域变窄了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017, 梁源, 声调变异中的发音与感知机制——以香港粤语为例, in 《中国语文》, number 6, page 724

     Mok děng (2013) yě duì 28 míng Xiānggǎng fāyīnrén jìnxíng le lèisì shíyàn, lìyòng pànbié fēnxī (predictive discriminant analysis) zhěnglǐ shíyàn shùjù, tóngshí jìsuàn fāyīnrén de fǎnyìng shíjiān (reaction time), què méiyǒu fāxiàn shēngdiào wánquán hùntóng de qíngkuàng, yīncǐ Mok děng (2013) tíchū: Xiānggǎnghuà de fāyīnrén yīrán yōngyǒu 6 ge shēngdiào, zhǐshì shēngdiào de diàoyù biàn zhǎi le. [Pinyin]

     Mok et al. (2013) conducted a similar experiment on 28 speakers from Hong Kong. They used predictive discriminant analysis to analyse the experimental data, and at the same time, they measured the speakers' reaction time, but they did not find that the tones are completely merged. Thus, Mok et al. (2013) noted that speakers of Hong Kong Cantonese still had 6 tones, but it is just that their tonal range has become narrower.

   • 《教程》以香港社會為本位，所以例句的字詞都以當下的香港話為依歸。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     《教程》以香港社会为本位，所以例句的字词都以当下的香港话为依归。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 何文匯, 何文匯教授序, in 劉衛林 and 蘇德芬, editors, 《香港生活粵語教程》, page ii

     “gaau³ cing⁴” ji⁵ hoeng¹ gong² se⁵ wui^6-2 wai⁴ bun² wai⁶, so² ji⁵ lai⁶ geoi³ dik¹ zi⁶ ci⁴ dou¹ ji⁵ dong¹ haa⁶ dik¹ hoeng¹ gong² waa^6-2 wai⁴ ji¹ gwai¹. [Jyutping]

     The Course treats the society of Hong Kong as its foundation, so the wording of example sentences is based on today's Hong Kong Cantonese.

Usage notes

This term is used to distinguish it from other varieties of Cantonese. It is normally simply known as 廣東話／广东话 (gwong2 dung1 waa6-2, “Cantonese”) by its speakers.