Lai Chi Kok

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝角 (lai⁶ zi¹ gok³).

Proper noun

Lai Chi Kok

1. An area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 2017 August 18, “Hong Kong activists fear more jailings after Wong imprisoned”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2020‎^[2]:

     Wong, 20, is spending the second night of his six-month sentence in Pik Uk high security prison for young male offenders. Law and Chow are at maximum security holding centre Lai Chi Kok.
     Activists gathered at Lai Chi Kok Friday night including former lawmaker Lee Wing-tat who is one of the nine campaigners facing court next month.

   • 2019 December 20, Mari Saito, Alun John, “Hong Kong protesters denounce police raid on fund-raising platform”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 March 2024, World:

     Congregating outside a detention centre in the western Kowloon district of Lai Chi Kok, the crowds held up signs with the words "In Solidarity We Stand", waved flags and demanded the release of all protesters.

   • 2023 August 13, Louise Delmotte, “AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on August 13, 2023, World News‎^[5]:

     Photographers used to be able to catch a glimpse of activists in remand at another detention center in Lai Chi Kok as they were taken to and from court. Authorities started blocking this view in 2021 by making the detainees walk through a covered pathway.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荔枝角 (lai⁶ zi¹ gok³)

Further reading

• Lai Chi Kok at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

• Kachi Koli