Hong
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɒŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hong is a verb meaning A foreign trading company in China.
Meaning
A foreign trading company in China.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) past of hang
Example Sentences
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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.
"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.
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.
Word Forms
- hongs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cong, china, mainland, ras, kong, manila.
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