Ho-pei

See also: Hopei

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-pei³.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hōʹpā

Proper noun

Ho-pei

1. Alternative form of Hebei
   • 1909, Herbert A. Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio‎^[1], 2nd edition, T. Werner Laurie, page 150:

     Soon afterwards his wife died of old age, and his sons begged him to marry again into some good family ; but he said he should be obliged to go to Ho-pei first ; and then, calculating his dates, found that the appointed time had arrived. So he ordered his horses and servants, and set off for Ho-pei, where he discovered that there actually was a high official names Lu.

   • 1989, Fritz A. Kuttner, “Bronze Bells”, in The Archaeology of Music in Ancient China‎^[2], 1st edition, New York: Paragon House, published 1990, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:

     By 1985, a volume of the famous scholar Jao Tsung-I/Rao Zongyi (together with Tseng Hsien-tung/Zeng Xiantong) appeared under the title “Studies on the Inscriptions of the Bells and Chimes From the Tomb of Marquis Yi of the Tseng State at Sui-Hsien” (Province of Ho-pei/Hebei, county of Sui).

   • 2007, Nigel Cawthorne, Daughter of Heaven‎^[3], Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 126:

     With this huge following, he could take over the Empire. But other advisors urged Li Ching-yeh first to go north to the province of Ho-pei, where the finest fighting men were to be found and where the people were the most resentful of the rule of the Dowager Empress.

Translations

Hebei — see Hebei

Further reading

• “Ho-pei”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.