ho-p'u
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Hepu.
Example Sentences
- "It remains to tell how Chiang Hsing-ko, one year after he had acquired this lady to look after his home, made another trading expedition into Kwangtung province. One day he visited the pearl-fisheries at Ho-p’u."
- "From this passage we know not only of the prosperity of the pearl trade of Ho-p’u but also of the existence of a keen competition in the trade between Ho-p’u and Chiao-chih. Moreover, the fact that merchants of Ho-p’u regularly went to Chiao-chih to import cereals also reveals a close economic intercourse between the two areas conducted through coastal trade."
- "Li Chun-hua, first secretary of the Ho-p’u county committee of the CCP in Kwangtung province, and Ho Wen-li, a section head of the Ho-p’u County Cooperative, reported in the Canton Southern Daily in October 1958:[…]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 合浦, -