Hong Kong dollar

Hong Kong dollar
Hong Kong dollar (English) 港元 (traditional Chinese)
A $20 banknotes, issued by HSBC
ISO 4217
Code	HKD
Number	344
Exponent	2
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄10	毫 (hou) (Chinese) (no official English term for 10 cents)
1⁄100	仙 (sin) (Chinese) cent (English) (no longer in circulation)
Plural	(no plural) (Chinese) dollars (English)
毫 (hou) (Chinese)	(no plural) (Chinese)
仙 (sin) (Chinese) cent (English)	(no plural) (Chinese) cents (English)
Symbol	$ or HK$
Banknotes	$10, $20, $50, $100, $150, $500, $1,000
Coins	$0.1, $0.2, $0.5, $1, $2, $5, $10
Demographics
Official user(s)	Hong Kong
Unofficial user(s)	Macau
Issuance
Monetary authority	Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Website	www.hkma.gov.hk
Printer	Issuing banks: HSBC Standard Chartered Bank of China Printer: Hong Kong Note Printing
Valuation
Inflation	2.1%
Source	[1], Nov 2016 est.
Pegged with	US dollar (USD) $1 USD = HK$7.80
Pegged by	Macanese pataca (MOP$) HK$1 = MOP$1.03

Issuing banks:
HSBC
Standard Chartered
Bank of China
Printer:

The Hong Kong dollar (Chinese: 港元; Jyutping: gong2 jyun4; lit. "Harbour Money"; sign: $, HK$; code: HKD) is the currency of Hong Kong. It is the thirteenth . The Hong Kong dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. It is also used in nearby Macau, where the official currency, the Macau pataca, is of similar value.

In formal Cantonese, the 圓 or 元 (Jyutping: jyun4) character is used. In spoken Cantonese, 蚊 (Jyutping: man1) is used, perhaps a transliteration of the first syllable of “money”, although some suggest that the character comes from the (Jyutping: man4). The dollar is divided into 100 cents, with the character 仙 (Jyutping: sin1, a transliteration of “cent”) used on coins and in spoken Cantonese. However, 仙 is now only used in the stock market, as now it no longer has a note or coin form due to its small value, and is no longer used in regular transactions. 分 (pinyin: fēn; Jyutping: fan1) is used in Mandarin. The amount of 10 cents is called 1 houh in Cantonese (毫, Jyutping: hou4, on coins and in spoken Cantonese, 毫子, Jyutping: hou4 zip, in colloquial speech, 角, pinyin: jiǎo; Jyutping: gok3, in Mandarin). The mil was known as the man or tsin in Cantonese (文, pinyin: wén; Jyutping: man4, or 千, pinyin: qiān; Jyutping: cin1, on coins and in spoken Cantonese and Mandarin).