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

Veterinarians from the park and Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department decided to put the panda to death on Thursday morning.

From Time

Leung studies ocean pollution at City University of Hong Kong.

From Science News For Students

While these may seem tiny numbers compared with the worst days in New York or London, when new cases were in the tens of thousands, Hong Kong’s approach has involved keeping cases as low as possible.

From Quartz

For nearly a quarter of a century, the University of Hong Kong was home to a slim sculpture, 26 ft tall.

From Quartz

After months of debate over what to do with the Pillar of Shame, a statue commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre on the campus of the University of Hong Kong, workers arrived in the middle of the night—dismantling and removing it.

From Time

HONG KONG—Last year, I met a Chinese graduate student on a tour of the northeastern United States before his first day at Harvard.

From The Daily Beast

Memes that ridiculed political leaders and the Hong Kong Police Force shot through fiber optic cables at light speed.

From The Daily Beast

The past two months have been a war of attrition between the Hong Kong government and pro-democracy protestors.

From The Daily Beast

What convinced you to make the trip to Hong Kong to first meet Snowden?

From The Daily Beast

I stayed longer in Hong Kong than Glenn and Ewen, and was hoping to film Snowden one more time where he was hiding out.

From The Daily Beast

The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.

From Project Gutenberg

The most important piece of intelligence from Hong-Kong is the continuation of the fearful mortality among the British troops.

From Project Gutenberg

A few days were thus pleasantly spent; I then returned to duty at Hong-Kong.

From Project Gutenberg

And the women with children strapped on their backs while they steer boats and handle passengers and traffic about Hong Kong!

From Project Gutenberg

She was quite used to the dancing-girls at Calcutta, and when they were at Hong Kong or other ports.

From Project Gutenberg