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Proper noun
Hoiping
- Synonym of Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name.
Dec 1921, H. D. Hilliard, “Kongmoon”, in Decennial Reports on the Trade Navigation Industries, etc., of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce in China and Corea, and on the Conditions and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces. 1912–21., volume II, number 4, Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspector General of Customs, published 1924, page 266:Towards the end of the decade a movement was set on foot to construct a railway from Hoiping (開平) to Yeungkong (陽江), and a prospectus, under the auspices of the promoters, the mercantile Ning-Yeung Railway Company (甯陽鐵路公司) has been issued with a view to collecting the necessary capital.
1972, H. Brett Melody, The Oriental Americans, New York: Twayne Publisher, Inc., page 71:In 1851 the Cantonese from the Kwangtung Three Districts of Namhoi, Punyu, and Shuntak organized the Sam Yup Company. By year’s end, men from the Four Districts of Sunwui, Sunning, Yanping, and Hoiping organized the Sze Yap (sometimes See Yup) Company.
2001, Peter Leung, Eileen Leung, “Mr. Frank Fat, A Legendary Restaurateur in Sacramento (1904-1997)”, in 150 Years of Chinese Presence in California, Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation, →ISBN, page 113:Yee Lai Ching was born on November 27, 1908, in Hoiping County, Guangdong.