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Hong Kong Sign Language

Hong Kong Sign Language proper noun: a sign language used primarily in Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Hong Kong Sign Language

  1. A sign language used primarily in Hong Kong.
    • I am deeply indebted to the group of deaf informants who have participated in the dictionary project at various stages of its development, allowing me to tap their linguistic knowledge of Hong Kong Sign Language and rendering their service with wit as well as unfathomable wisdom.2007, Gladys Tang, editor, Hong Kong Sign Language: A Trilingual Dictionary with Linguistic Descriptions, →ISBN, Acknowledgements, page [xiii]
    Synonyms:
    HKSL

Synonyms of Hong Kong Sign Language

  • HKSL

Questions about Hong Kong Sign Language

What does Hong Kong Sign Language mean?
Hong Kong Sign Language means a sign language used primarily in Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Hong Kong Sign Language?
Hong Kong Sign Language is a proper noun.

Words near Hong Kong Sign Language in the dictionary

  1. Hong Kong flu
  2. Hong Kong foot
  3. Hong Kong harness
  4. Hong Kong influenza
  5. Hong Kong Island
  6. Hong Kong Sign Language
  7. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  8. Hong Kong Time
  9. Hong Konger
  10. Hong Kongers
  11. Hong Kongese

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