Ho-feng

A form of Hefeng — A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.

OriginMandarin 鶴峰 /鹤峰 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hefeng.

    They live in T'u-chia and Miao Autonomous Chou in Hunan, Lai-feng, Ho-feng and Yien Counties in Hupeh province, south-east China.

    1973, Edward Evans-Pritchard, China (including Tibet) Japan and Korea (Peoples of the Earth), volume 13, Italy: Danbury Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143
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    Ku Ts'ai, who was a friend of the famous dramatist K'ung Shang-jen (1648–1718),³ happened to be visiting Ho-feng in western Hupeh in 1703 and describes how the people there celebrated the feastday of Kuan-kung in one part of the city.

    1972, Colin P. Mackerras, The Rise of the Peking Opera 1770–1870 (Correspondence Respecting the Disturbances in China), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 35

    In Ho-feng County, the No. 2 Production Team under Chin-hsing Brigade of Yen-tzu Commune implemented conscientiously the distribution policy and enforced strictly all rules and regulations.

    1973, Union Research Service, volume 72, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 227

Origin

  1. Mandarin鶴峰 /鹤峰
  2. EnglishHo-feng

From Mandarin 鶴峰 /鹤峰 (Hèfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-fêng¹.

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