Huangpi
Syllables: Huang·pi
Huangpi proper noun: a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a county.
Proper noun
Huangpi
- A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a county.
- Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
- Now, I will mention another fact which has just come under my notice. One of our native evangelists left us on Monday last for Huangpi, a city distant from Hankow only twenty or thirty miles. He returned last night, and came to see me early this morning. He has brough bakc with him two printed...1892, The Anti-Foreign Riots in China in 1891, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 185
- Synonyms:
- Huang-pei, Hwangpei
Examples of Huangpi in a sentence
- One of our native evangelists left us on Monday last for Huangpi, a city distant from Hankow only twenty or thirty miles.1892, The Anti-Foreign Riots in China in 1891, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 185:
- The main forces of the Wu-Han armies were concentrated on the line extending from Yanglo to Hsiaokwan by way of Huangpi.1929 April 6, “Hankow in Hands of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek”, in The China Weekly Review, volume XLVIII, number 6, →OCLC, page 226, column 1:
- Bronzes of the middle period include...bronzes from some of the sumptuous Shang tombs at Panlong city in Huangpi county, Hubei Province.1998, Ma Chengyuan, “Ritual Bronzes-Epitome of Ancient Chinese Civilization”, in China 5,000 Years, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70:
- On January 3, 2020, Liu Jie's mother told a reporter from China Business Daily, that their family is from the rural area of Sanlizhen in Wuhan Huangpi District.2023 July, “Limitations of the official 2019 Wuhan cases based on Primary Sources”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of Huangpi
- Huang-pei
- Hwangpei
Forms of Huangpi
| alternative form | Huang-p'i |
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Origin of Huangpi
From Mandarin 黃陂 /黄陂 (Huángpí).
Questions about Huangpi
- What does Huangpi mean?
- Huangpi means a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a county.
- How do you use Huangpi in a sentence?
- One of our native evangelists left us on Monday last for Huangpi, a city distant from Hankow only twenty or thirty miles.
- What part of speech is Huangpi?
- Huangpi is a proper noun.
Words near Huangpi in the dictionary
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