BLOG – Literal Translations of Hong Kong’s MTR Stations


Blogger Justin Moe has attempted to translate all of Hong Kong’s MTR station names literally from Chinese to English. Click the image below to enlarge.

MTR Stations literal tranlsations

Click to enlarge – Literal MTR station names.

‘Lost in Mong Kok’ blog attempted more crude ‘direct’ translation of station names last year. Click to enlarge.

Literal MTR station names.

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16 thoughts on “BLOG – Literal Translations of Hong Kong’s MTR Stations

  • ck5056 .

    This guy is an idiot.
    North Point was named in as early as 1846 in Lt Thomas Collinson’s Map refering to the northernmost point of HK Island protruding into the harbour, Chinese name 北角 was added accordingly meaning baically the same, why change it to “North Cape”?
    Prince Edward was named after Prince Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor following his abdication. The Chinese name only used the “Prince” part hence太子. What is the point of discarding a good name.
    Some of the originial place names have been changed because of bad connotations, the present names bear no particular meaning just some nice words with the same / similar sound, eg Lok Fu was named Tiger Rock before because long time ago there were tigers roaming there and eating people and Tiu Keng Leng was called Hanging Ridge (A gweilo hanged himself there after his business folded), not Tune View Ridge. So what does Tune View mean? Just nonsense.
    The guy is a laugh, he has no historical knowledge about Hong Kong and he also mixed up with the meaning of some of the Chinese words, eg 河(river, stream etc)and 涌(estuary).

  • ck5056 .

    This guy is an idiot.
    North Point was named in as early as 1846 in Lt Thomas Collinson’s Map refering to the northernmost point of HK Island protruding into the harbour, Chinese name 北角 was added accordingly meaning baically the same, why change it to “North Cape”?
    Prince Edward was named after Prince Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor following his abdication. The Chinese name only used the “Prince” part hence太子. What is the point of discarding a good name.
    Some of the originial place names have been changed because of bad connotations, the present names bear no particular meaning just some nice words with the same / similar sound, eg Lok Fu was named Tiger Rock before because long time ago there were tigers roaming there and eating people and Tiu Keng Leng was called Hanging Ridge (A gweilo hanged himself there after his business folded), not Tune View Ridge. So what does Tune View mean? Just nonsense.
    The guy is a laugh, he has no historical knowledge about Hong Kong and he also mixed up with the meaning of some of the Chinese words, eg 河(river, stream etc)and 涌(estuary).

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