Lai Chi Kok

proper noun

An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

OriginCantonese 荔枝角 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

    An investigation by the UNHCR suggested the boat people taken to Lai Chi Kok were beaten by Correctional Services Department officers with truncheons.

    1988 August 26 [1988 August 26], Michael Chugani, Simon Macklin, “Human Rights Group Denied Access to Camp”, in Daily Report: China, number 88-166, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, p 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, Hong Kong & Macao, page 54, column 2
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    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.

    2017 August 18, “Hong Kong activists fear more jailings after Wong imprisoned”, in France 24, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020

    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.

    2019 December 20, Mari Saito, Alun John, “Hong Kong protesters denounce police raid on fund-raising platform”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2024, World

    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.

    2023 August 13, Louise Delmotte, “AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023, World News

Origin

  1. Cantonese荔枝角
  2. EnglishLai Chi Kok

From Cantonese 荔枝角 (lai⁶ zi¹ gok³).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 荔枝角
  • 荔枝角 (lai⁶ zi¹ gok³)area in Hong Kong
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APA

Lai Chi Kok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lai%20Chi%20Kok

MLA

“Lai Chi Kok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lai%20Chi%20Kok. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lai Chi Kok,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lai%20Chi%20Kok.

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