홍콩의 지하철역과 주요 거리 이름으로 살펴본 香港政府粵語拼音의 표기방법과 문제점

Abstract

Hong Kong Government’s Cantonese Notation is a kind of notation that Hong Kong government has marked the Cantonese pronunciation by the Roman alphabet. This notation has been used all the way from British colonial days until now, its main purpose is to record proper nouns, such as names, place names, street names and MTR names in Hong Kong. This notation was enacted for foreigners do not know the Chinese characters and Cantonese pronunciation, so it is marked in English, but there’s a big difference between the original Cantonese pronunciation and this Roman alphabet. In particular, all of aspirated sounds and unaspirated sounds are represented by aspirated sounds, the finals are indicated without distinction of long vowels and short vowels. close-mid vowels and open-mid vowels are also used without distinction. In addition, one final is marked by several finals, and several finals are marked by one final. The homophone and pronunciation of the same Chinese character are marked by several forms.