Hong Kong foot
English
Etymology 1
Hong Kong + foot (unit of length)
Noun
Hong Kong foot (plural Hong Kong feet)
- A chek, the Hong Kong variant of the Chinese foot now standardized as 0.371475 meters.
Related terms
See also
- 尺 (chǐ)
Etymology 2
Calque of Chinese 香港腳/香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo).
Noun
- (slang, Singapore, Hong Kong, pathology) Athlete's foot.
Synonyms
- Singapore foot
Descendants
- Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต
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