港 (gǎng): Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港), harbor, port
港 (gǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “hong kong (abbr. for 香港).” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 巷 (phonetic). It ranks #927 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 港 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港)
- harbor
- port
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 港
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香港proper-noun | xiāng gǎng | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港) |
| 海港noun | hǎi gǎng | seaport |
| 港湾noun | gǎng wān | bay serving as a harbor |
| 珍珠港proper-noun | zhēn zhū gǎng | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) |
| 避风港noun | bì fēng gǎng | haven |
| 港务局noun | gǎng wù jú | port authority |
| 出港verb | chū gǎng | to leave harbor |
| 岘港proper-noun | xiàn gǎng | Da Nang or Danang, Vietnam |
| 香港脚 | xiāng gǎng jiǎo | athlete's foot |
| 空港noun | kōng gǎng | airport (abbr. for 航空港) |
| 太子港 | tài zǐ gǎng | Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti |
| 港口区 | gǎng kǒu qū | Gangkou, a district of Fangchenggang City 防城港市, Guangxi |
| 港人noun | gǎng rén | Hong Kong person or people |
| 深水港 | shēn shuǐ gǎng | deepwater port |
| 军港noun | jūn gǎng | naval port |
港 appears in 100 compound words: 30 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 港 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
暴雨过后，港水上涨，淹没了低洼的街道。
bào yǔ guò hòu , gǎng shuǐ shǎng zhǎng , yān méi le dī 洼 de jiē dào .
After the downpour, the harbor water rose, flooding the low-lying streets.
出入珠海港车量 单日新高1.54万辆
chū rù zhū hǎi gǎng chē liàng dān rì xīn gāo 1 . 5 4 wàn liàng
The number of vehicles entering and leaving Zhuhai Port reached a new high of 15,400 vehicles in a single day
东方日报A1:新春8日 300万港人外游 市道更愁
dōng fāng rì bào A 1 : xīn chūn 8 rì 3 0 0 wàn gǎng rén wài yóu shì dào gēng chóu
Oriental Daily A1: On the 8th of the Chinese New Year, 3 million Hong Kong people traveled abroad, and the market was even more worried
商业船舶正从全球各地驶往伊朗港口
shāng yè chuán bó zhèng cóng quán qiú gè dì shǐ wǎng yī lǎng gǎng kǒu
Commercial ships are sailing from all over the world to Iranian ports
正论:留港消费情已逝 出境外游按年升
zhèng lùn : liú gǎng xiāo fèi qíng yǐ shì chū jìng wài yóu àn nián shēng
Commentary: Consumption in Hong Kong is gone, and outbound travel is increasing year-on-year
新春“不打烊”:梁山港的坚守与奋进
xīn chūn bù dǎ 烊 : liáng shān gǎng de jiān shǒu yǔ fèn jìn
New Year "not closed": Liangshan Port's perseverance and progress
汽笛声响起，船开始慢慢地驶离港口。
Qìdí shēngxiǎng qǐ, chuán kāishǐ mànmàn de shǐlí gǎngkǒu.
A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.
他们就快从香港抵达了。
Tāmen jiù kuài cóng Xiānggǎng dǐdá le.
They are arriving here soon from Hong Kong.
迷路的渔船安全地返回了港口。
Mílù de yúchuán ānquán de fǎnhuí le gǎngkǒu.
The lost fishing boat made a safe return to harbour.
香港被称作东方之珠。
Xiānggǎng bèi chēngzuò dōngfāng zhī zhū.
Hong Kong is referred to as the Pearl of Asia.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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