Dictionary

Hebi en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• hŭ′bē′

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (Hèbì).

Meanings

1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
   • Beijing resident Hu Yongwei bought more than a dozen apartments in the small central Chinese city of Hebi for about $31,000 in all, betting they will be financially more rewarding than other investments. 2023 June 16, Liangping Gao, Marius Zaharia, “Cheap 'like cabbage' apartments in some Chinese cities draw buyers, and caution”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING/HONG KONG, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2023, China:
   • But she said authorities in her native Henan province seized her passport this week, visited her home several times and told her not to leave the city of Hebi, where she lives. Officials also told her to inform her hosts that she is “too sick to attend” the meeting, she said. 2014 October 23, Simon Denyer, “China bars AIDS activist from traveling despite talk of ending discrimination”, in The Washington Post (Asia & Pacific section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2014:

Forms

Synonyms

Hao-pi

Translations (2)

cmn 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (prefecture-level city in central China) · yue 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (prefecture-level city in central China)