hong

[ hong ]

noun

1. (in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
2. one of the factories under foreign ownership formerly maintained at Canton.

hong

/ hɒŋ /

noun

1. (in China) a factory, warehouse, etc
2. (formerly, in Canton) a foreign commercial establishment

Word History and Origins

Origin of hong¹

1720–30; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) hòhng, equivalent to Chinese háng row of shops

Word History and Origins

Origin of hong¹

C18: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect)

Example Sentences

The new town movement spread from Europe to East Asia, such as to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

From Science Daily

Chastain, who went on to win 192 caps for her country, struck the ball emphatically past China goalkeeper Gao Hong.

From BBC

In a paper published this week in Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, a pair of researchers from the City University of Hong Kong employed machine learning to more accurately model the boundary layer wind field of tropical cyclones.

From Science Daily

His hearing on Wednesday comes one day after the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy campaigners - part of a group known as the Hong Kong 47 - in the city’s largest trial under the national security law.

From BBC

He said that "the core values of Apple Daily are actually the core values of the people of Hong Kong".

From BBC