Meanings
- An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Two masked knifemen robbed a garage in Pat Heung in a brazen minute-long heist captured on security footage early Monday.
2026 January 16, “Masked knifemen rob garage in Pat Heung”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 20 Jan 20263 more examples
Mr. Aitken assisting at Mass at a church in Pat Heung, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Mr. Aitken said he had immersed himself in the city’s Roman Catholic community as a way of feeding a spiritual hunger.
2017 September 9, Mike Ives, “Ex-Inmate Takes to Hong Kong’s Airwaves, and Prisoners Tune In”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2017, Asia PacificThey were then driven to a hillside near Tai Wo Tsuen village in the New Territories’ Pat Heung area, where they were pushed into a shipping container that had been turned into an office and used to store construction materials.
2021 December 9, “Hong Kong police arrest man over toddler, domestic helper kidnap attempt at Cyberport”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2021, Hong KongOcean Park has adopted a 35kg crocodile which was found in Pat Heung on Sunday. The 1.9 metre croc was transferred by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to the park in Aberdeen that evening, with vets suggesting the animal is around four years old.
2023 May 2, Tom Grundy, “1.9 metre crocodile found in Hong Kong village seized and transferred to Ocean Park”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024, Hong Kong - A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Origin
- Cantonese八鄉 /八乡
- EnglishPat Heung
From Cantonese 八鄉 /八乡 (baat³ hoeng¹).
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Chinese Cantonese 八鄉鄉事委員會 /八乡乡事委员会, 八鄉 /八乡
- 八鄉鄉事委員會 /八乡乡事委员会rural committee
- 八鄉 /八乡 (baat³ hoeng¹)area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Pat Heung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pat%20Heung
“Pat Heung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pat%20Heung. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pat Heung,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pat%20Heung.
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