English
Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung comes from Cantonese 葵涌.
- Cantonesemodern葵涌kwai⁴ cung¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2006Kwai Chung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern葵涌kwai⁴ cung¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2006Kwai Chung
Earliest quotation: 2006, James Hayes, Hong Kong University Press: “Lying close to Kowloon and facing onto the western…”
Every English word from Cantonese 葵涌
Today it means
name An area of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 葵涌 / Kwai Chung