Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Laifeng.
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, “T'uchia”, in China (including Tibet) Japan and Korea (Peoples of the Earth), volume 13, Italy: Danbury Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1432 more examples
The taxes being heavier here than on the new route overland via Lai-fêng-hsien, the latter has superseded that viâ Shasi . The Shasi merchants are said to have petitioned against the preferential treatment of Opium for Hunan via Lai-feng-hsien;
[1904, Decennial Reports on the Trade, Industries, Etc. of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce, and on Conditions and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces, China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu, →OCLC, page 256To raise the consciousness of the new Party members of national minorities in implementing Chairman Mao's revolutionary line and policies, the Party organizations at all levels in Lai-feng County also sent the new Party members of national minorities to the forefront of the three great revolutionary[...]
1973, “LAI-FENG COUNTY ACTIVELY RECRUITS PARTY MEMBERS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES”, in Union Research Service, volume 72, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36
Origin
From Mandarin 來鳳／来凤 (Láifèng), Wade-Giles romanization: Lai²-fêng⁴.
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