kaifong

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Cantonese 街坊 (gaai1 fong1) in the mid-1800s.[1]

Noun

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kaifong (plural kaifongs)

  1. A kind of mutual aid organization in Hong Kong, originally set up under British colonial rule, and mainly intended to provide free or cheap services to Chinese refugees.

References

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  1. ^ “kaifong, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “kaifong, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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