Hopeh
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Postal Romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 河北 (Héběi).
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: hōʹpā
Proper noun
editHopeh
- Alternative form of Hebei
- 1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, “Lo Jui-ch’ing”, in Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921-1965[1], volume II, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 643, column 1:
- As a top political officer in north China, Lo took an active part in a series of campaigns, mainly in Hopeh, from the fall of 1947 to January 1949.
- 1972, “TIENTSIN (T'IEN-CHING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica[2], volume 21, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1140, column 1:
- Until 1958 Tientsin was an independent municipality administered directly by the government in Peking; at that time it became a part of the province of Hopeh and also the provincial capital.
- 1977, Yee Chiang, China Revisited[3], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:
- We left Tachai in the morning to catch a train for Chengchow via Shih-chia-chuang, the capital of Hopeh Province.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hopeh.
See also
edit- Not to be confused with Hupeh.
Further reading
edit- “Hopeh, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Hopeh”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Hopeh” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.