高永文

Gāo Yǒngwén

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ko Wing-man, Hong Kong orthopedic surgeon and Secretary for Food and Health 2012–2017

About Ko Wing-man

born 1957 · 政治家 politician

Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon who was a senior Hospital Authority official during the 2003 SARS outbreak, then served as the city's Secretary for Food and Health from 2012 to 2017.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

高永文曾任香港食物及卫生局局长。

Gāo Yǒngwén céng rèn Xiānggǎng Shíwù jí Wèishēngjú júzhǎng.

Ko Wing-man served as Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong.

HSK 7-9

高永文在香港医疗界广受尊敬。

Gāo Yǒngwén zài Xiānggǎng yīliáo jiè guǎng shòu zūnjìng.

Ko Wing-man is widely respected in Hong Kong's medical community.

Tips

culture

Ko Wing-man is 高永文 read in Cantonese, gou¹ wing⁵ man⁴, which is why Mandarin wén appears as 'man'. Once Hong Kong's best-rated minister on record, he lost 9 poll points in 2015 after cutting short a resident's argument with a curt 讲完 'done talking'.

Stroke Order

高 gāo

永 yǒng

文 wén

高永文