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Hu-pei

Hu-pei is the alternative form of Hubei.

Meaning of Hubei

Proper noun

Hubei

  1. A province in central China. Capital: Wuhan.
    • In 1965 the People’s Daily published sore figures for Yangxin xian in Hubei Province which showed how important the part-work schools were in raising school attendance figures (SCMP 3475, 1965).1970, R. F. Price, “Part-time schools and classes”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series), New York; Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 213
    Synonyms:
    Oopack

Origin of Hu-pei

From Mandarin 湖北 (Húběi) Wade–Giles romanization: Hu²-pei³.

Questions about Hu-pei

What is Hu-pei the alternative form of?
Hu-pei is the alternative form of Hubei.

Words near Hu-pei in the dictionary

  1. Hu-chou
  2. Hu-ho-hao-t'e
  3. Hu-lu-tao
  4. Hu-nan
  5. Hu-peh
  6. Hu-pei
  7. hua
  8. Hua Hin
  9. Hua-chou
  10. Hua-lien
  11. huabiao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hu-pei (page history and authors); Hubei (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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