Ta Kwu Ling

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 打鼓嶺／打鼓岭 (daa² gu² leng⁵).

Proper noun

Ta Kwu Ling

1. An area in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2016 January 24, Achlys Xi, Karen Yu, Zoe So, “Local meat disappearing from Hong Kong tables”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 January 2024:

     Tao is not just a butcher, he is one of a dying breed. He is a local pig farmer and has been raising pigs on his farm in Ta Kwu Ling for more than 30 years.

   • 2023 February 28, Kanis Leung, “Police look for evidence for slain Hong Kong model’s case”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-02-28‎^[3]:

     On Tuesday morning, more than 100 officers wearing protective gear went to North East New Territories Landfill in Ta Kwu Ling, about a 15-minute drive from mainland China, to search for the missing body parts with excavators and shovels.

2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打鼓嶺／打鼓岭 (daa² gu² leng⁵)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打鼓嶺區鄉事委員會／打鼓岭区乡事委员会 (daa² gu² leng⁵ keoi¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)

See also

• Ta Ku Ling

Further reading

• Ta Kwu Ling at Google Ngram Viewer