Pottinger Street

Pottinger Street
Section of Pottinger Street between Wellington Street and Stanley Street
Chinese砵典乍街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBōdiǎnzhà Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBut dín ja gāai
JyutpingBut3 din2 zaa3 gaai1
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese砵甸乍街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBōdiànzhà Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBut dīn ja gāai
JyutpingBut3 din1 zaa3 gaai1
Pottinger Street in the 1930s.

Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also known as the Stone Slabs Street (Chinese: 石板街) since the street is paved unevenly by granite stone steps. It was named in 1858 after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong, serving from 1843 to 1844. It is a Grade I historic building.