Meanings
nounHong Kong English (uncountable)
- uncountableThe form of the English language used in Hong Kong.
While many students furnished their own lexical items, I also provided a list of localized lexis, based on my own Hong Kong English citation database, from which they could select items if they were having trouble finding one themselves.
2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146
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Hong Kong English. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hong%20Kong%20English
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“Hong Kong English.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hong%20Kong%20English. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hong Kong English,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hong%20Kong%20English.
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