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Hong Kong foot

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Hong Kong +‎ foot (unit of length).

Noun

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Hong Kong foot (plural Hong Kong feet)

  1. A chek, the Hong Kong variant of the Chinese foot now standardized as 0.371475 meters.
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Etymology 2

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Calque from Chinese 香港腳香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo).[1]

Noun

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Hong Kong foot (uncountable)

  1. (slang, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, pathology) Athlete's foot.
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút)

References

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  1. ^ 香港醫院藥劑師學會 (2017 July 30 (last accessed)) “香港腳的處理及預防”, in 《醫·藥·人》第52期[1]