Hong Kong foot

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Hong Kong +‎ foot (unit of length)

Noun

Hong Kong foot (plural Hong Kong feet)

1. A chek, the Hong Kong variant of the Chinese foot now standardized as 0.371475 meters.

Related terms

• Chinese foot

See also

• 尺 (chǐ)

Etymology 2

Calque from Chinese 香港腳／香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo).

Noun

Hong Kong foot (uncountable)

1. (slang, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, pathology) Athlete's foot.

Synonyms

• Singapore foot

Descendants

• → Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút)