點解「牛池灣」個「池」係串 Chi,「慈雲山」個「慈」就串 Tsz?

因為以前兩個字係唔同音㗎!!!

阿擇 (Chaaak)
Nov 1 · 3 min read

香港嘅地名拼音,好多人以為係亂咁拼。經過學者研究,現時嘅地名拼音一個字有兩個拼法,主要係因為唔同時期引入,早期傾向用「歐陸式串法」,後期多咗用「英語式串法」,因此產生分歧(片岡新 2014)。但係有唔少其實唔係單單串法有幾套,而係發音上真正有唔同。

(Google Search) 你睇,真係唔同串法㗎!

牛池灣慈雲山呢兩個地名嘅串法,其實已經存在咗好多年:「池」串做「Chi」,慈串做「Tsz」並唔係新現象。呢個特殊嘅「Tsz」串法,相信係為咗表達一個而家已經消失咗嘅韻母。

當年有一啲粵英兼擅嘅人(例如係喺香港或者廣州出世長大嘅第二代歐美人)寫咗好多粵語嘅教材。其中,Samuel Wells Williams (1812–1884,漢名:衛三畏)1842年出嘅《Easy lessons in…

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阿擇 (Chaaak)

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