Hong Kong foot

English

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.
See also

Etymology 2

Calque of Chinese 香港腳香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo).

Noun

Hong Kong foot (uncountable)

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

Descendants

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