ok, i admit it, it's a stupid, way back question, but it's just some crazy attempt to make this q thingy. Help?
2007-11-29 22:36:22 · 9 answers · asked by Amy 6 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
To cad: tthat is totally not funny
2007-11-29 22:48:52 · update #1
I answered a similar question 2 months ago! (See below link)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtjhPbAfnDoEl_0KsLjw7Xbty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070923011110AAi6hHS&show=7#profile-info-7cbcdd4346af6f6e9bcf35523db0b246aa
Hong Kong got its name because the Chinese used to ship in/out the spices from this little fishing village, sea port. People could smell the fragrances of the spices from the sea shore.
"Hong Kong" is the Cantonese pronounciation of the following two Chinese characters.
"Hong" = 香 = Spices / fragrance
"Kong" = 港 = Harbour / port
Therefore, Hong Kong = Fragrant Harbour.
By the way, I do not think this is a stupid question.
2007-12-01 00:36:37 · answer #1 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
HK got it's name from the incense that was burned by the boat people that lived on the shores. The word Hong Kong as mentioned by most means "Fragrant Harbor" It wasn't named because of the smell of spices. HK doesn't export spices. India does, but HK and the Chinese have very little in the way of strong smelling spices. We do however have dried fish and shrimp paste that up until not too long ago were dried out in the sun, but that smell was stinky and not fragrant and usually was found on out lying islands or further away from the city.
Hope this has helped.
2007-12-01 03:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by Tee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hong Kong is the rough English Romanization of the territory's Cantonese name. But the more accurate pronunciation (in Cantonese) is "Heung Gong". The territory's Mandarin name is "Xiang Gang". And yes, it means "Fragrant Harbour" in English.
Was that clear for you? Sorry if I did not answer your question clearly.
2007-11-30 20:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by europhile 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hong Kong actually means "Fragrant harbour" in the cantonese language which is widely spoken in southern China.
2007-11-30 10:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by KK Oz 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just a summary about Hongkong:
Cantonese: Heung Kong
Mandarin: Xiang Gang
Additional info:
Fujian or Min Dialect: Hiong Kang (I have some relatives who speak the 3 dialects I've mentioned)
All of them literally mean "Frangrant Harbor."
Hongkong residents speak Cantonese, and sometimes Mandarin when necessary.
2007-11-30 21:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by Dens 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once upon a time. There was a thief who stole an egg from the South China Sea. This thief then hid in this small little lsland in the south of China. The egg then spawned into a gigantic money known as King Kong. He kept yelling "King Kong, King Kong!!!" Other people didn't hear quite well what he said, they thought "Hong Kong?? So that must be the name of this place!!!"
And there you have it, Hong Kong was born!!!
2007-11-30 05:36:44 · answer #6 · answered by White Shooting Star of HK 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Hong Kong translates as "Fragrant harbour"...or something like that.
2007-11-29 22:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's where King Kong was born. LOL!
2007-11-29 22:45:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I loved that movie, cried when he got shot off of the Empire State Bldg. though!
2007-11-30 05:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by jake5282 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋