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The 'pronunciation of Hong Kong' varies depending upon the language of the native speaker, be it Cantonese or Standard Mandarin. The widespread usage of these languages has created many different ways to pronounce the Chinese characters 香港 (same in both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese), which mean Hong Kong. The lack of a standard Cantonese romanisation standard has created different ways to romanise 香港 based upon the pronunciation in Cantonese.
Some linguists believe that the English name of the territory, Hong Kong, is an approximate transliteration of the Chinese name based upon its Cantonese pronunciation. However, "Hong Kong" sounds only somewhat similar to the Cantonese, and some believe that the term is derived for the Hakka name for the area, which is romanised as hiong1 gong3 (IPA: ). This pronunciation is closer to the standard English version, and is spoken as the first language by the natives of many villages in the New Territories.

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Romanisations

Romanisations

;Romanisations of 香港 (''Hong Kong'')
Cantonese

★ IPA:

★ Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2

★ Yale: Hēunggóng
Mandarin

★ IPA:

★ Pinyin: Xiānggǎng

★ Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang
;Romanizations of 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 (''Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China'')
Cantonese

★ IPA: ;

★ Jyutping: zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1;

★ Yale: Jūngwàh Yàhnmàn Guhngwòhgwok Hēunggóng Dahkbiht Hàhngjingkūi;
Mandarin

★ IPA: ;

★ Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū;

★ Wade-Giles: Chung1-hua2 Jen2-min2 Kung4-ho2-kuo2 Hsiang1-kang3 t'e4-pie2 Hsing2-cheng4-ch'ü1