"MK" meaning in Chinese

See MK in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Initialism of English Mong Kok, transliteration of Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³), now known as 旺角 (wong⁶ gok³). Mong Kok was a place where many fashionable products were sold. Etymology templates: {{initialism|yue}} Initialism, {{der|yue|en|Mong Kok}} English Mong Kok, {{der|yue|yue|芒角}} Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} MK
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) attempting to be fashionable but fails to do so; resembling a chav Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Derived forms: MK仔, MK妹
    Sense id: en-MK-zh-adj-EtRwuB-6 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese

Proper name

IPA: /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Initialism of English Mong Kok, transliteration of Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³), now known as 旺角 (wong⁶ gok³). Mong Kok was a place where many fashionable products were sold. Etymology templates: {{initialism|yue}} Initialism, {{der|yue|en|Mong Kok}} English Mong Kok, {{der|yue|yue|芒角}} Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} MK
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Mong Kok Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-MK-zh-name-TaJfwq-W Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 19 4 5 15 8 9 6 1 1 0 1 2 8 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 20 5 3 15 8 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 10 18 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 18 60 23 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 19 68 13

Noun

IPA: /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Initialism of English Mong Kok, transliteration of Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³), now known as 旺角 (wong⁶ gok³). Mong Kok was a place where many fashionable products were sold. Etymology templates: {{initialism|yue}} Initialism, {{der|yue|en|Mong Kok}} English Mong Kok, {{der|yue|yue|芒角}} Cantonese 芒角 (mong⁴ gok³) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} MK
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) one who attempts to be fashionable but fails to do so; chav; yob (Classifier: 個/个 c; 條/条 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
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        "Mong Kok"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mong Kok",
          "Mong Kok"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) Mong Kok"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "em¹ kei¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "em¹ kei¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "em¹ kei¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ém¹ kéi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MK"
}

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