Chinese characters for Hong Kong Island

Closed Thread
  1. #1

    Chinese characters for Hong Kong Island

    Does anyone know if these four have the correct Chinese characters after them? I've been trying to double check through gov websites but it's difficult. There seems to be different combos for each one.

    Hong Kong Island香港島
    Kowloon 九龍
    The New Territories新界
    The Outlying Islands離島


  2. #2

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Posts
    11,711
    Quote Originally Posted by Derek Nolan:
    Does anyone know if these four have the correct Chinese characters after them? I've been trying to double check through gov websites but it's difficult. There seems to be different combos for each one.

    Hong Kong Island香港島
    Kowloon 九龍
    The New Territories新界
    The Outlying Islands離島
    they are correct, there are no other commonly used alternatives

  3. #3

    Thanks imparanoic


  4. #4

    Join Date
    May 2010
    Posts
    4,713

    they are correct but it also depends on where there words are used. for example, we rarely ever use 香港島 in most context. when refering to "hong kong island" its either 香港 or 港島 depending on its context.