Hong kong foot

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chek, the Hong Kong variant of the Chinese foot now standardized as 0.371475 meters.
  2. 2
    Athlete's foot. China, Hong-Kong, Singapore, slang, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hong Kong + foot (unit of length).

Etymology 2

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

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