Meaning of Hong | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
2. A surname from Mandarin or Taishanese.
3. A foreign trading company in China.

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Examples

“"You and your son are about to visit⟳ China," said a Chinese agent of an old and established hong in Canton. […] The speaker was Ah Hue, or Ah Hue-Ling. He had made a reputation for honorable dealing as an agent of the tea trade⟳.”

“In this partly manufactured state they are sold to collectors, who re-sell them to tea hongs, or factories, and these hongs in turn⟳ resell to middlemen, who supply⟳ the foreign exporter.”

“Even though China's red flag now flutters above them, some 40% of the offices are still owned by Hongkong Land⟳, an immensely wealthy company that is part of the Jardine Matheson group, the biggest of the British-owned “hongs” and the one that did most to establish⟳ the British territory.”

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