香港腳

See also: 香港脚

Chinese

		Hong Kong	role; foot; base
trad. (香港腳)		香港	腳
simp. (香港脚)		香港	脚
Literally: “Hong Kong foot”.

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānggǎngjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gong² goek³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hiong¹ guong³ giog⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian-kaon-ciq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānggǎngjiǎo [Phonetic: xiānggángjiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianggǎngjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-kang³-chiao³
    • Yale: syāng-gǎng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianggaangjeau
    • Palladius: сянганцзяо (sjanganczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ gong² goek³
    • Yale: hēung góng geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gong² goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gong² gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ kœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiong¹ guong³ giog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɔŋ³¹ kiɔk̚¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-kaon-ciq
    • MiniDict: shian^平 kaon cih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-kaan-jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ kɑ̃³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ²¹/

Noun

香港腳

1. athlete's foot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 腳癬 (“athlete's foot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		足癬, 腳癬, 腳氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	香港腳
	Singapore	香港腳
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	腳蝕
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	腳氣
	Wanrong	腳氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	濕氣
	Guiyang	腳氣, 濕氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香港腳
	Hong Kong	香港腳
	Dongguan	香港腳
Hakka	Meixian	香港腳
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	香港腳
Jin	Taiyuan	腳氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	香港跤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	香港跤
Southern Min	Xiamen	香港跤, 跤癬
	Quanzhou	香港跤
	Zhangzhou	香港跤
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	香港跤
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	香港跤
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	香港跤
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	香港跤
	Yilan (Toucheng)	香港跤
	Tainan (Anping)	香港跤
	Penghu (Xiyu)	香港跤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	香港跤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	腳癬, 香港腳
Wu	Shanghai	腳癬, 香港腳, 濕氣
	Suzhou	腳癬, 濕氣 also ringworm of the hand
	Danyang	腳氣
	Ningbo	濕氣
	Wenzhou	腳氣, 香港腳, 腳濕氣

Descendants

• → English: Hong Kong foot (calque)
  • → Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 香港腳 – see 香港跤 (“Hong Kong foot; athlete's foot”). (This term is a variant form of 香港跤).