Hebei

(Older Spelling) Ho·peh,
(Older Spelling)

[hœ-bey]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in northeastern China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Shijiazhuang.

Hebei

/ ˈhʌˈbeɪ /

noun

1. a province of NE China, on the Gulf of Chihli: important for the production of winter wheat, cotton, and coal. Capital: Shijiazhuang. Pop: 67 690 000 (2003 est). Area: 202 700 sq km (79 053 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Last year a Chinese court handed down lengthy sentences to two teenagers who murdered a classmate in Hebei province with a shovel.

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In nearby Hebei province, 16 people died as a result of extreme rainfall, officials said.

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Ms Yang, who works in Hebei province, told BBC Chinese that she was very worried about her family, who live in Miyun district - one of the areas hit hardest by the floods.

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Yushan Han, an Edinburgh University student from Hebei in China, said she visited the bakery after seeing it on social media.

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The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours.

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