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hong
[ hong ]
/ hɒŋ /
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noun
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
one of the factories under foreign ownership formerly maintained at Canton.
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Origin of hong
1720–30; <dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) hòhng, equivalent to Chinese háng row of shops
Words nearby hong
honeysuckle ornament,
honey-sweet,
honey trap,
honey wagon,
honeywort,
hong,
hongi,
Hong Kong,
Hong Kongese,
Hong Kong influenza,
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How to use hong in a sentence
HONG KONG—Last year, I met a Chinese graduate student on a tour of the northeastern United States before his first day at Harvard.
Memes that ridiculed political leaders and the Hong Kong Police Force shot through fiber optic cables at light speed.
The past two months have been a war of attrition between the Hong Kong government and pro-democracy protestors.
What convinced you to make the trip to Hong Kong to first meet Snowden?
I stayed longer in Hong Kong than Glenn and Ewen, and was hoping to film Snowden one more time where he was hiding out.
The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.
The most important piece of intelligence from Hong-Kong is the continuation of the fearful mortality among the British troops.
A few days were thus pleasantly spent; I then returned to duty at Hong-Kong.
And the women with children strapped on their backs while they steer boats and handle passengers and traffic about Hong Kong!
She was quite used to the dancing-girls at Calcutta, and when they were at Hong Kong or other ports.
British Dictionary definitions for hong
noun
(in China) a factory, warehouse, etc
(formerly, in Canton) a foreign commercial establishment
Word Origin for hong
C18: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect)
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