Etymology

Tsing Yi

Today it means: An island of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong. Full definition →

Cantonese 青衣
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from青衣
  2. English todayTsing Yi

From Cantonese 青衣 (cing¹ ji¹).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.