Hopeh

English

Map including HOPEH PROVINCE 河北省 (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 河北 (Héběi).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hōʹpā

Proper noun

Hopeh

1. Alternative form of Hebei
   • 1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, “Lo Jui-ch’ing”, in Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921-1965‎^[1], volume II, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 643, column 1:

     As a top political officer in north China, Lo took an active part in a series of campaigns, mainly in Hopeh, from the fall of 1947 to January 1949.

   • 1972, “TIENTSIN (T'IEN-CHING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[2], volume 21, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1140, column 1:

     Until 1958 Tientsin was an independent municipality administered directly by the government in Peking; at that time it became a part of the province of Hopeh and also the provincial capital.

   • 1977, Yee Chiang, China Revisited‎^[3], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:

     We left Tachai in the morning to catch a train for Chengchow via Shih-chia-chuang, the capital of Hopeh Province.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hopeh.

See also

• Not to be confused with Hupeh.

Further reading

• “Hopeh, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Hopeh”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Hopeh” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.