Hefeng

See also: héfēng

English

Alternative forms

• Hofeng (Postal Romanization)
• Ho-feng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鶴峰／鹤峰 (Hèfēng).

Proper noun

Hefeng

1. A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
   • [1929 November 9, “Increasing Unrest in Hupeh”, in North-China Herald‎^[1], volume CLXXIII, number 3248, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 209, column 4:

     The situation at Hofeng is so serious and the possibility of recuring help is so slight that the leading people are leaving while it is possible to get away. Hofeng lies to the Southwest of Ichang among the mountains and has been looted three times already.]

   • [1977 November, Wu Han-wen, “Ho Lung's Days with the Red Army”, in China Reconstructs‎^[2], volume XXVI, number 11, Peking, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2023, pages 13, 14:

     They captured Hofeng county in Hupeh and Sangchih county in Hunan and set up Soviet power. Then they built up revolutionary bases around Hsuan-en and Wufeng counties in Hupeh province. […]
     Revolutionary slogans put up in those days are still preserved today in the villages and towns of Hunghu, Hofeng and Hsuan-en counties.]

   • 2007 February 7, “Overloaded Chinese truck overturns, 14 dead”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 March 2023, Latest Crisis‎^[4]:

     All of the other 17 riding the pick-up truck to visit relatives were injured in Hefeng county in the central province of Hubei, Xinhua said.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶴峰／鹤峰 (zh) (Hèfēng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hefeng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1259, column 3