Ho-pei
See also: Hopei
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-pei³.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: hōʹpā
Proper noun
Ho-pei
- Alternative form of Hebei
- 1909, Herbert A. Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, 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.
- 2007, Nigel Cawthorne, Daughter of Heaven, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, OCLC 153580813, OL 8971705M, 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.
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Translations
Hebei — see Hebei
References
- Hebei, Wade-Giles romanization Ho-pei, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- Ho-pei at OneLook Dictionary Search