Lukfung

L1U1K5F4U1N1G2

proper noun

Synonym of Lufeng.

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proper noun
  1. Synonym of Lufeng.

    The capture, by the Taipings, of the Hoifung and Lukfung district cities (in the N.E. of Hongkong) in September, 1854, seriously interfered, for a time, with the market supplies of the Colony.

    1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, page 303
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    We had not, at that time, Catechists enough to follow up the movement energetically. But the people themselves asked a Christian from Lukfung to teach them the Gospel, which he did as well as he was able.

    1878, Report of the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society for 1877, Mangalore: Basel Mission Press, page 69

    The next so-called dialect up the coast is that of the Swatow and neighbouring districts, which is spoken by some millions, perhaps three, in one or other of its variations or dialects, such for example as the Hoi-fung, Luk-fung, etc.

    [1903, James Dyer Ball, Things Chinese, Kelly & Walsh, page 208

    In Hoifung we have a very clear example. That district is divided into two quite definite parts by a course of water which is formed by the lower part of the large river from Hoifung city and a canal which unites that river with another which forms the eastern boundary with the District of Lukfung.

    1975, Rafael Maglioni, Archaeological Discovery in Eastern Kwangtung, →OCLC, page 25

    Born into a peasant family in Lukfung, Li Laogong joined Peng in organizing peasant movements in his hometown and enrolled in Canton's Peasant Movement Institute, now a museum site, where early members of the CCP were trained.

    Fung Chi Ming

    2005, 馮志明 [Fung Chi Ming], Reluctant Heroes: Rickshaw Pullers in Hong Kong and Canton, 1874-1954, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 83

    Synonyms: Lufeng

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Lufeng.

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Origin

  1. Cantonese陸豐 /陆丰
  2. EnglishLukfung

An atonal romanization of Cantonese 陸豐 /陆丰 (luk6 fung1).

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

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“Lukfung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lukfung. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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