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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-pei³.[1]
Pronunciation
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.
1989, Fritz A. Kuttner, “Bronze Bells”, in The Archaeology of Music in Ancient China, 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, 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.
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- “Ho-pei”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.