Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Hupeh. Search instead for jupes.

Hupeh

British  
/ ˈxuːˈpeɪ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hubei

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Into it from newly abandoned mission stations in Honan and. northern Hupeh provinces�by rail, truck, mule cart and often on foot�trekked American missionaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Li caught the Japanese spread out in the North Hupeh hills, threw them back with a loss of 27,000 men.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Chinese embassy in Moscow has imported a cook from Hupeh province whose spiced cabbage and chicken receives favorable mention on the diplomatic dinner circuit.

From Time Magazine Archive

On May Day some 150,000 Japanese troops began the first big drive of spring 1940 against Chinese forces on the plateau in northern Hupeh and southern Honan near Hankow, bomb-gutted "Chicago of China."

From Time Magazine Archive

Some are large, others small; some are built for the lower, quieter waters of the river, others for the rapids in Hupeh and Sze-chuan.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Hupeh" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com