Hefei

See also: Héféi

English

Alternative forms

• Ho-fei, Hofei (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 合肥 (Héféi).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hôʹfāʹ, hǔʹfāʹ

Proper noun

Hefei

1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, in central China.
   • 2003 January 9, Joseph Kahn, “Huge Demonstration in China, but Subject Is Traffic Safety”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2021, World‎^[2]:

     Some 10,000 people took the streets in the eastern city of Hefei this week in what appears to have been the largest student demonstration since the Tiananmen Square human rights protests of 1989.

   • 2021 May 13, “Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 14 May 2021, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     The other case, surnamed Zhang, was in close contact with Li during a training class Li led in the city of Luan, near Anhui's provincial capital Hefei, Xinhua reported. […]
     Two areas in Luan city and one part of Feixi county were declared "medium-risk" regions by local authorities in response to the cases. State media reported mass testing being carried out in main urban area in Luan and some areas in Hefei.

   • 2021 July 13, “A.I. is Ensuring an Orderly Vaccination in Hefei”, in AP News, PR Newswire‎^[5], archived from the original on 13 July 2021‎^[6]:

     The vaccination campaign in the Luyang district of Hefei city is currently operating in an orderly and efficient manner, with all vaccination points running smoothly, thanks in large part to the effective utilization of A.I. technology.

Synonyms

• Luchow, Luzhou

Translations

a prefecture-level city in central China

• Arabic: خِفِي m (ḵifī), خِيفِي m (ḵefī), هِيفِي m (hefī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 合肥 (hap⁶ fei⁴)

  Mandarin: 合肥 (zh) (Héféi)

• Hungarian: Hofej (hu)
• Japanese: 合肥 (がっぴ, Gappi; ごうひ, Gōhi)
• Korean: 허페이 (Heopei)
• Macedonian: Хефеј m (Hefej)
• Russian: Хэфэ́й m (Xɛfɛ́j)
• Urdu: ہیفئی (ur) (hefeī)
• Vietnamese: Hợp Phì
• Zhuang: Hozfeiz

Further reading

• “Hefei”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Hefei, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Hefei”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Hefei”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Hefei” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hefei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1259, column 3