Hung Hom

/hoʊŋ hɒm/

proper noun

An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hunghom

  1. An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

    Riot police entered the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hung Hom in the early hours of Monday morning following an almost day-long battle between demonstrators and police.

    2019 November 18, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong PolyU engulfed in fierce police-protester battles, as officers enter campus”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021
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    There are Western residents in Hong Kong who argue endlessly about the best place to shop. Go to the manufacturers' outlet stores at the Kaiser Estates in the Hung Hom area for designer labels at bargain prices.

    1987 July 5, Rudy Maxa, “SHOP TILL YOU DROP”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025

    But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.

    2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, In Transit

    A smaller protest in Hung Hom, a district of outlet stores popular with mainland tourists, highlighted the growing tension between Hong Kong people and their mainland compatriots with protesters chanting, “Kick out the mainland tourists!”

    2019 August 18, Stephen Vines, “Hong Kong to defy ban on protest as fear of crackdown looms”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022
  2. 2025 April 25, Edith Lin, “Hong Kong eyes turning Hung Hom waterfront into yacht bay for rich tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025, Hong Kong / Society
  3. 2025 April 25, Edith Lin, “Hong Kong eyes turning Hung Hom waterfront into yacht bay for rich tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025, Hong Kong / Society: Hong Kong authorities plan to turn the area around a premier concert venue in Hung Hom into a landmark waterfront, complete with a yacht marina and a 50-storey tower equipped with entertainment facilities, over more than a decade.
    1. Hong Kong authorities plan to turn the area around a premier concert venue in Hung Hom into a landmark waterfront, complete with a yacht marina and a 50-storey tower equipped with entertainment facilities, over more than a decade.

Origin

  1. Cantonese紅磡 /红磡
  2. EnglishHung Hom

From Cantonese 紅磡 /红磡 (hung⁴ ham³).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 紅磡 /红磡
  • 紅磡 /红磡area in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 紅磡 /红磡
  • 紅磡 /红磡 (Hóngkàn)area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
APA

Hung Hom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hung%20Hom

MLA

“Hung Hom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hung%20Hom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hung Hom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hung%20Hom.

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