Tai Kok Tsui

proper noun

An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Taikoktsui

  1. An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

    A construction elevator shaft on top of a housing development project in Tai Kok Tsui fell onto the roof of a nearby building during typhoon Mangkhut on Sunday.

    2018 September 16, Kris Cheng, “Video: Construction elevator shaft falls from building as typhoon Mangkhut rips through Hong Kong”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024, Hong Kong
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    An illustration of the problems this kind of industrial structure has created within the colony’s urban areas may be taken from the Tai Kok Tsui district of Kowloon.

    亞洲都市化:概况香港個案研究

    1971, D. J. Dwyer, “Problems of the Small Industrial Unit”, in D. J. Dwyer, editor, Asian Urbanization: A Hong Kong Casebook [亞洲都市化:概况香港個案研究], Hong Kong University Press, →OCLC, page 124

    Analysts said Sun Hung Kai had pre-sold several projects since the beginning of the year, including One Regent Place in Yuen Long, Avignon in Tuen Mun and Imperial Cullinan in Tai Kok Tsui, which would contribute substantially to the earnings in 2011/12.

    2011 September 15, Joy Leung, Alison Leung, “SHK Properties annual core profit up 55 pct”, in Chris Lewis, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2024, Markets

    Every day, dozens of people post photos of their lunchbox, along with notes: The pork chops at a shop in the Prince Edward neighborhood were cold today, or the staff at this one in Tai Kok Tsui are especially friendly.

    2022 May 2, Vivian Wang, Joy Dong, “In Epicurean Hong Kong, a Humble $4 Lunchbox Is Now All the Rage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2022, Asia Pacific

Origin

  1. Cantonese大角咀
  2. EnglishTai Kok Tsui

From Cantonese 大角咀 (daai⁶ gok³ zeoi²).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 大角咀
  • 大角咀 (daai⁶ gok³ zeoi²)area in Hong Kong
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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