港口

Chinese

		harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (港口)		港	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎngkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² hau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kóng-héu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): káng-kháu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang² kao²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kaon-kheu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎngkǒu [Phonetic: gángkǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎngkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kang³-kʻou³
  - Yale: gǎng-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaangkoou
  - Palladius: ганкоу (gankou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong² hau²
  - Yale: góng háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong² hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong² heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng-héu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ heu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ heu³
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ heu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: káng-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafngqao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang² kao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káng kháu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰau⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kaon-kheu
  - MiniDict: kaon^去 kheu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kaan-kheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

港口

port; harbor

Synonyms

口岸 (kǒu'àn)
(Hokkien) 港跤

Proper noun

港口

(～區) Gangkou (a district of Fangchenggang, Guangxi autonomous region, China)

References

“港口”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
港	口
こう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

港(こう)口(こう) • (kōkō)

harbor entrance

Korean

Hanja in this term
港	口

Noun

港口 • (hanggu) (hangeul 항구)

hanja form^? of 항구 (“port; harbor”)

Derived terms

소항구 (小港口, sohanggu)
여객항구 (旅客港口, yeogaekhanggu)
하천항구 (河川港口, hacheonhanggu)
항구도시 (港口都市, hanggudosi)
항구세 (港口稅, hangguse)
항구역 (港口驛, hangguyeok)