Kaifeng

kǎifēng kāifēng Kāifēng K'ai-feng English Alternative forms en Kai-feng K'ai-feng K'ai-fêng Wade-Giles en Caifung Caifong Caifum Kae-fung Kae-fung Foo obsolete Etymology A romanization of the Standard en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 開封 Opening Up the Borders Kāifēng, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin, named in the late 8th century BC by the Zhuang Duke of Zheng as he settled new territory. Pronunciation en /kaɪˈfʌŋ/ kī′fŭng′Kaifeng or K’ai-feng 894 3K’ai-feng or Kai·feng 367 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kaifeng.wav Southern England en Kai feng Proper noun en Q208471 en prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in p/Henan c/China, a former national capital. en 1889 w:Willis Fletcher Johnson XXVIII History of the Johnstown Flood https://archive.org/details/historyofjohnsto0000will/ Edgewood Publishing Co. 407738 322 https://archive.org/details/historyofjohnsto0000will/page/322/ For several weeks preceding the actual overflow of its banks the Hoang-Ho had been swollen from its tributaries. It had been unusually wet and stormy in northwest China, and all the small streams were full and overflowing. The first break occurred in the province of Honan, of which the capital is Kaifeng, and the city next in importance is Ching or Cheng Chou. The latter is forty miles west of Kaifeng and a short distance above a bend in the Hoang-Ho. en 1897 P. N. Tsü Historical Description of China The Geography of the Chinese Empire https://archive.org/details/geographychines00tsgoog/ w:Kelly & Walsh 28665274 9 https://archive.org/details/geographychines00tsgoog/page/n23/ The supposed founder of the Chinese monarchy was Fu-hsi [about 2852 B.C.], and his capital was Kaifeng, now the provincial city of Honan. The early inhabitants of China are said to have lived in this Province. en 1905 Foreign Mission Board Report Annual of the Southern Baptist Convention 1905 https://archive.org/details/annualofsouthern1905sout/ Nashville, Tenn. Marshall & Bruce Company 60 149 https://archive.org/details/annualofsouthern1905sout/page/149/ Chengchow is on the Pehan (Peking-Hankow) railway, about fifteen miles south of the Yellow river, and about forty-five miles west of Kaifeng. This railway is being rapidly pushed to completion. Another railway is to be built from Kaifeng to Honanfu, which will have its junction with the Pehan railway at this place. en 1913 November Far Eastern Railways The Far Eastern Review https://archive.org/details/far-eastern-review-1913.11/ Shanghai X 6 1767520 234 https://archive.org/details/far-eastern-review-1913.11/page/234/ 3 Actual work has begun on the railway which is to link Kaifeng to the Tientsin-Pukow railway at Hsuchowfu and will bring Kaifeng within about two days of Shanghai, writes the Kaifeng correspondent of the C. C. Post on the 11th instant. en February 17, 1921 Hendon M. Harris Annual Report Country Work for Year 1920 The Baptist Record https://archive.org/details/19210217/ Jackson, Miss. w:Mississippi Baptist Convention XXIII 7 0005-5778 12101543 2 https://archive.org/details/19210217/page/n1/ 3 During the summer I attended as a speaker and teacher, a summer Conference north of the Yellow River, in which one of our brightest young Christians at Kaifeng felt the call to the ministry; he Is now studying for the ministry in Shantung University. en June 1, 1929 From the Chinese Press The China Weekly Review https://archive.org/details/millards-1929.06.01/ XLIX 1 52770868 32 https://archive.org/details/millards-1929.06.01/page/32/ 1 It is learned that Feng Yu-hsiang has decided to abandon Kaifeng and Chengchow and withdraw his army to the west of Fulikwan and Heishihkwan. en https://archive.org/details/nation146jannewy/page/683/ 1938 June 18 Profits on Slaughter 146 25 w:The Nation New York 686 https://archive.org/details/nation146jannewy/page/686/ After months of blundering, caused by underestimating Chinese resistance, the Japanese have finally thrown their full force into the drive. Kaifeng has fallen and the vital city of Chengchow is endangered. en 1939 January Lin Yu "The China Incident" https://archive.org/details/acd5869.0036.001.umich.edu/ Philippine Magazine XXXVI 1 (369) 27980103 211 https://archive.org/details/acd5869.0036.001.umich.edu/page/211/ Kaifeng was raided by the Chinese twice, who remained there long enough to smash up the Japanese puppet organizations. They also dislodged the Japanese from the nearby town of Tunghsu and disrupted the Lung-Hai Railway, cutting the Japanese line of supply to Kaifeng. en 1942 w:Violet Cressy-Marcks Waiting for the Moon Journey Into China https://archive.org/details/journeyintochina0000viol/ New York w:E. P. Dutton & Co. 1592200 231 https://archive.org/details/journeyintochina0000viol/page/231/ TO REACH THE city of Kaifeng from Sian, it was necessary to get on to the Lung-hai Railway. en 1955 w:Vincent Cronin Adorers of the Cross The Wise Man from the West https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-805-034/ London w:Rupert Hart-Davis 1001858923 221 https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-805-034/page/235/ Ricci learned that Ai was born in Honan province and now lived in Kaifeng, its capital. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-01-07_20_1/ January 7, 1979 Wang Kuang-mei in jail Free China Weekly XX 1 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-01-07_20_1/page/n2/ Liu, who was purged in a power struggle with Mao Tse-tung during the “cultural revolution,” died of pneumonia while being sent to Kaifeng by train several years after he was struggled down, according to mainland reports. en July 12, 2012 Joe McDonald China’s economic slowdown painful despite stimulus https://web.archive.org/web/20220518155839/https://apnews.com/article/beijing-global-trade-shanghai-financial-markets-china-be2e66201bd14a989a730336ad4d5f78 18 May 2022 w:AP News “A lot of people want to go work in big cities, but there is far less demand this year,” said a manager at the Tongxu County Enterprise Bureau, an employment service in the central city of Kaifeng in Henan province. He refused to give his name. en Synonyms en Bianjing, en Bianliang historical Translations city in east-central Henan Chinese: Cantonese: yue 開封 hoi1 fung1 Mandarin: cmn 開封 Kāifēng Japanese: ja Korean: ko Manchu: mnc ᡴᠠᡳ ᡶᡠᠩ References Further reading Kaifeng in Encyclopædia Britannica Kaifeng, Kai-feng, K'ai-feng, K'ai-fêng, Kae-fung, Bianjing pn Anagrams en aefgikn feaking en 2-syllable words