Hebi

He·bi
H4E1B3I1

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.

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Hao-pi
Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ho-pi · alternative Hopi

  1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.

    Beijing resident Hu Yongwei bought more than a dozen apartments in the small central Chinese city of Hebi for about $31,000 in all, betting they will be financially more rewarding than other investments.

    2023 June 16, Liangping Gao, Marius Zaharia, “Cheap 'like cabbage' apartments in some Chinese cities draw buyers, and caution”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING/HONG KONG, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2023, China
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    But she said authorities in her native Henan province seized her passport this week, visited her home several times and told her not to leave the city of Hebi, where she lives. Officials also told her to inform her hosts that she is “too sick to attend” the meeting, she said.

    2014 October 23, Simon Denyer, “China bars AIDS activist from traveling despite talk of ending discrimination”, in The Washington Post (Asia & Pacific section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2014

    Synonyms: Hao-pi

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture-level city of Henan, China.

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Hao-pi

Origin

  1. Mandarin鶴壁 /鹤壁
  2. EnglishHebi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (Hèbì).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 鶴壁 /鹤壁
  • 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (hok⁶ bik¹)prefecture-level city in central China
Chinese Mandarin 鶴壁 /鹤壁
  • 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (Hèbì)prefecture-level city in central China
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APA

Hebi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hebi

MLA

“Hebi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hebi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hebi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hebi.

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