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单词 hong kongese
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Hong Kongesen.adj.

Brit. /ˌhɒŋ kɒŋˈiːz/, U.S. /ˈˌhɔŋ ˌkɔŋˈiz/, /ˈˌhɑŋ ˌkɑŋˈiz/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Hong Kong , -ese suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Hong Kong (see Hong Kong n.) + -ese suffix. Compare Hongkonger n.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Hong Kong.
ΚΠ
1878 I. L. Bird Let. 29 Dec. in Golden Chersonese (1883) 48 An arid peninsula, on which some of the Hong Kongese have been attempting to create a suburb.
1930 C. Garstin China Seas xxiii. 277 The man, a young Hong-Kongese, hesitated for a second.
1995 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 30 Dec. The most unusual aspect of the move by the Taiwanese and Hongkongese into this area.
2001 S. H. Lu China, Transnational Visuality, Global Postmodernity v. 113 The uncertainty of national identity for the Hong Kongese is foregrounded at the beginning of the film narrative.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Hong Kong or its inhabitants.
ΚΠ
1935 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 20 Dec. 9/2 The effect of Hong Kongese competition is being felt in Jamaica by Japanese exporters of silk manufactures.
1959 Orient Rev. May 94/2 In future I should pay greater attention to Hongkongese pronunciation of English.
1993 Internat. Examiner (Electronic ed.) 1 June 20 Set in Hong Kong, the film follows the experiences of..Wai, a Hong Kongese high school girl.
2010 O. Yu Eng. Class 378 ‘I bet she's Chinese,’ Deirdre snorted. ‘Actually, she's Hong Kongese,’ Gene said.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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