Meaning of Hung Hom | Babel Free
/hoʊŋ hɒm/Definitions
An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Examples
“There are Western residents in Hong Kong who argue endlessly about the best place to shop. Go to the manufacturers' outlet stores at the Kaiser Estates in the Hung Hom area for designer labels at bargain prices.”
“But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.”
“A smaller protest in Hung Hom, a district of outlet stores popular with mainland tourists, highlighted the growing tension between Hong Kong people and their mainland compatriots with protesters chanting, “Kick out the mainland tourists!””
“Riot police entered the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hung Hom in the early hours of Monday morning following an almost day-long battle between demonstrators and police.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.