Ho-pi

See also: Hopi, hopi, and hópi

English

Map including HO-PI (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 鶴壁／鹤壁 (Hèbì), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-pi⁴.

Proper noun

Ho-pi

1. Alternative form of Hebi
   • 1963, “The Coal Industry in Mainland China Since 1949”, in The Geographical Journal‎^[1], volume 129, number 3, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 333:

     At Ho-pi (Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957-8; but the coal from Ho-pi is expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P'ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making.

   • 1963, Yuan-li Wu, Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China‎^[2], Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 49–50:

     Especially notable among the large mines are . . . ; and the four mines at Ho-pi in Honan Province, which were among the first mines to adopt hydraulic coal mining.

   • 1974, D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings‎^[3], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 236:

     At Ho-pi (Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957—58: but the coal from Ho-pi is expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P’ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making.

   • 1999, Joseph Needham, Peter J. Golas, Science and Civilisation in China‎^[4], volume 5, Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 299:

     In time, this evolved into the room and pillar (or pillar and stope) method that came to be used widely, especially in Chinese coal mines. We have good evidence for the use of this technique in the remains of a Sung/Yuan (c. +13th century) coal mine at Ho-pi 鶴壁 in Honan (some 25 km southwest of An-yang).

Translations

Hebi — see Hebi

Anagrams

• IHOP, Ipoh, OHIP