Meaning of hoppo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The imperial Chinese board of revenue, especially its branch in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty.
   archaic, capitalized, countable, historical, sometimes, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of hoppo, especially in reference to the imperial board or the chief customs officer of a port.
   alt-of, archaic, countable, historical, uncountable
3. Synonym of Hepu: the Cantonese-derived name.
4. An imperial Chinese customs officer, especially (sometimes capitalized) the chief customs officer for the South China Sea based in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty.
   archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“On the way two Chinese buildings were pointed out to us as hoppo, of custom-houses, at both which all boats […] are obliged to stop and undergo a strict search or examination by a petty mandarin.”

“Hoppo. This is a tribunal, that has in charge the collecting of imperial dues on navigation and trade, and remitting the amount to the Grand-hoppo at Canton...”

“The Hoppos, who look on Europe Ships as a great branch of their Profits, will give you all the fair Words imaginable.”

“...received a most polite invitation from the late Mr. William Parry, a supercargo, to meet the Hoppo (or principal custom-house officer)...”

“Hoppo. This is a tribunal, that has in charge the collecting of imperial dues on navigation and trade, and remitting the amount to the Grand-hoppo at Canton... at Macao, the Portuguese designate him by the epithet Grand-hoppo, in contradistinction to another... [T]he Hoppo of Macao... levies on foreigners, coming and going, an arbitrary tax on their persons and baggage. He is assisted by compradors, pilots and others...”

“The ‘Hoppo’ (as he was incorrectly styled) filled an office especially created for the foreign trade at Canton... The Board of Revenue is in Chinese ‘Hoo-poo’, and the office was locally misapplied to the officer in question.”

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