Kaiping

Kai·ping
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proper noun

A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative K'ai-p'ing

  1. A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.

    A 24-year-old young man from Kaiping, Kwangtung was nearly drowned while swimming to Hongkong with his 23-year-old cousin last March 25.

    1973 April 29, “More refugees from the mainland”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 16, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
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    The deal greatly strengthens Westfall’s geographic footprint by adding its first plants in the southeastern United States, specifically in Mocksville and Asheboro, NC, as well in Kaiping, China, in Guangdong Province.

    2021 July 2, “Westfall Technik Acquires Multi-Site Consumer Packaging Molder CPP Global; Expands into North Carolina and China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 May 2022

    Synonyms: Hoi Ping, Hoiping, Hoi Peng, Hoipeng

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.

Origin

  1. Mandarin開平 /开平
  2. EnglishKaiping

From Mandarin 開平 /开平 (Kāipíng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 開平 /开平
  • 開平 /开平 (hoi¹ ping⁴)city
Chinese Mandarin 開平 /开平
  • 開平 /开平 (Kāipíng)city
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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