Kwai Tsing

English

Etymology

From Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, the two constituent areas of the district.

Proper noun

Kwai Tsing

1. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2015 August 20, Kris Cheng, “Kwai Tsing District Council accused of spending $630k on fake Facebook likes”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 September 2023:

     Kwai Tsing District Council has been accused of spending HK$630,000 on fake “likes” on a Facebook page.
     A document published by the District Council showed that the money was spent on a Facebook page for Kwai Tsing’s community programme.

   • 2023 May 6, Jeffie Lam, “Hong Kong murder suspect in bludgeoning of 63-year-old woman committed suicide after fleeing to Japan”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2023, Law and Crime‎^[3]:

     The suspect fled to Japan following the death of a 63-year-old woman on March 14, when she was bludgeoned to death with a crowbar after finding a man she knew trying to steal valuables from her home at Kwai Fong Terrace in the city’s Kwai Tsing district.

Translations

district of Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 葵青區／葵青区 (kwai⁴ cing¹ keoi¹)

  Mandarin: 葵青區／葵青区

Further reading

• Kwai Tsing at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.