411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Hubei
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Húběi Hu Bei
English
Alternative forms
en Hu-pei Hupei Wade-Giles
en Hu Bei
en Hupeh Hu-peh Hoopeh Hoo-pe obsolete
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1982 Selected Glossary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/ Cambridge University Press 0521230993 79-42627 781411242 476, 479 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/page/479/ The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin,Hu-pei (Hubei) zh 湖北 romanization of the en cmn 湖北, literally "north of the lake", referring to Hubei's position north of Dongting Lake.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhuːˌbeɪ/ /ˌhuːˈbeɪ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hubei.wav Southern England
en /ˈhuˌbeɪ/ /ˌhuˈbeɪ/ /ˈhubaɪ/ GA
ho͞o′bā′Hupeh or Hupei 816 3
en eɪ 2
en Hu bei
Proper noun
en Q46862en province in central c/China Wuhan.
en 1970 R. F. Price Part-time schools and classes Brian Holmes Education in Communist China World education series https://archive.org/details/bringincommunitc0000unse/ New York; Washington w:Praeger Publishers 70-114345 81481 213 https://archive.org/details/bringincommunitc0000unse/page/213/ In 1965 the People’s Daily published sore figures for Yangxin xian in Hubei Province which showed how important the part-work schools were in raising school attendance figures (SCMP 3475, 1965).
en 1977 Jean Chesneaux; Françoise Le Barbier; Marie-Claire Bergère From the Founding of the Communist Party to the Reorganization of the Guomindang: July 1921–January 1924 w:Paul Auster; w:Lydia Davis China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation https://archive.org/details/chinafrom1911rev0000ches/ w:Pantheon Books 0-394-73332-0 77-76494 970506937 144 https://archive.org/details/chinafrom1911rev0000ches/page/144/ The Communists were also very active in Hubei and Hunan; they were involved in strikes in the Wuhan arsenal and steelworks and the strike of the Anyuan coal miners, and in the formation of workers’ clubs and unions among miners, metal-workers, and textile workers. These workers’ organizations were grouped together in provincial union federations of Hunan (with Mao Tsetung as secretary) and of Hubei.
en 11/30/2015 Maximiliane Koschyk COP21: China's climate efforts far from sufficient w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20151130213126/https://www.dw.com/en/cop21-chinas-climate-efforts-far-from-sufficient/a-18884289 November 30, 2015 https://www.dw.com/en/cop21-chinas-climate-efforts-far-from-sufficient/a-18884289 Climate The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei province is the largest in the country, but is also one of the most controversial hydroelectric plants in the world. An estimated 1.3 million people were forcibly relocated during its construction. Moreover, the reservoir has been polluted by industrial waste.
en February 9, 2020 Gerry Shih Coronavirus deaths climb as China corrals sick in quarantine facilities in outbreak epicenter w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20200209105226/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-china-updates/2020/02/09/eb9e683c-4aa4-11ea-8a1f-de1597be6cbc_story.html 09 February 2020 0190-8286 2269358 Asia & Pacific Cases have been heavily concentrated in Wuhan and surrounding areas of Hubei province, which has been locked down for two weeks in an attempt to contain the virus.
en March 24, 2020 Ken Moritsugu China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province https://web.archive.org/web/20211203214952/https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-international-news-china-beijing-982e699459392ba0c4f3c1269b35832f 03 December 2021 w:AP News Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside.
Synonyms
from Cantonese obsolete en Oopack
Derived terms
en hubeite
Translations
province in central China
Arabic: ar خُوبِي m ḵubī, ar هُوبِي m hubī
Armenian: hy Հուբեյ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 湖北 wu4 bak1
Mandarin: cmn 湖北 Húběi
Czech: cs Chu-pej
Esperanto: eo Hubejo
Georgian: ka ხუბეი
Greek: el Χουμπέι f, el Χουπέι f
Hindi: hi हूबेई
Hungarian: hu Hupej
Indonesian: id Hubei
Japanese: ja 湖北 こほく, Kohoku
Korean: ko ^후베이, ko ^호북
Lao: lo
Latvian: lv Hubei
Lithuanian: lt Hubėjus
Macedonian: mk Хубеј
Manchu: mnc ᡥᡡᠪᡝ
Polish: pl Hubei n
Russian: ru Хубэ́й m
Thai: th หูเป่ย์
Vietnamese: vi Hồ Bắc
Zhuang: za Huzbwz
See also
Hebei
References
Further reading
en 1998 Hubei Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1325 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1325/ 3
pn