Ho-pi

See also:Hopi,hopi,andhópi

English

Map includingHO-PI(DMA,1975)

Etymology

FromMandarinHạc vách tường／Hạc vách tường(Hèbì),Wade–Gilesromanization:Ho⁴-pi⁴.

Proper noun

Ho-pi

1. Alternative form ofHebi
   • 1963,“The Coal Industry in Mainland China Since 1949”, inThe Geographical Journal‎^[1],volume129,number 3,→ISSN,→JSTOR,→OCLC,page333:

     AtHo-pi(Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957-8; but the coal fromHo-piis expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P'ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making.

   • 1963,Yuan-li Wu,Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China‎^[2],Frederick A. Praeger,→LCCN,→OCLC,pages49–50:

     Especially notable among the large mines are...; and the four mines atHo-piin Honan Province, which were among the first mines to adopt hydraulic coal mining.

   • 1974,D. J. Dwyer, editor,China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings‎^[3],Longman,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,→OL,page236:

     AtHo-pi(Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957—58: but the coal fromHo-piis expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P’ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making.

   • 1999,Joseph Needham,Peter J. Golas,Science and Civilisation in China‎^[4],volume 5,Cambridge University Press,→OCLC,page299:

     In time, this evolved into the room and pillar (or pillar and stope) method that came to be used widely, especially in Chinese coal mines. We have good evidence for the use of this technique in the remains of a Sung/Yuan (c. +13th century) coal mine atHo-piHạc vách tườngin Honan (some 25 km southwest of An-yang).

Translations

Hebi—seeHebi

Anagrams

• IHOP,Ipoh,OHIP