Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoiping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoip-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name.

Example Sentences

"Towards the end of the decade a movement was set on foot to construct a railway from Hoiping (開平) to Yeungkong (陽江), and a prospectus, under the auspices of the promoters, the mercantile Ning-Yeung Railway Company (甯陽鐵路公司) has been issued with a view to collecting the necessary capital."
"In 1851 the Cantonese from the Kwangtung Three Districts of Namhoi, Punyu, and Shuntak organized the Sam Yup Company. By year’s end, men from the Four Districts of Sunwui, Sunning, Yanping, and Hoiping organized the Sze Yap (sometimes See Yup) Company."
"Yee Lai Ching was born on November 27, 1908, in Hoiping County, Guangdong."

Etymology

From Cantonese 開平 /开平 (hoi¹ ping⁴).

Word Breakdown

Root: 開平

Inflected Forms

Hoi Ping (alternative) Hoi Peng (alternative)

Synonyms

Kaiping

Questions

What does hoiping mean?: Synonym of Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name.
Where does hoiping come from?: From Cantonese 開平 /开平 (hoi¹ ping⁴).

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