English▸ noun (in Hong Kong) an association formed to promote and protect the interests of a neighborhood or community and to provide mutual aid:
kaifongs have provided free schooling for many thousands of children
[as modifier] kaifong leaders.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century : from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) gāai-fōng ‘neighborhood’, from gāai ‘street’ + fōng ‘lane’.