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Definition of Hongs
1. hong [n] - See also: hong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hongs
Literary usage of Hongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... more especially the hongs and godowns fronting the river in Canton, there are
as many as six, eight, ten, or twelve separate roofs one behind another in ..."
2. History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce by William Schaw Lindsay (1876)
"... Mode of conducting business — "hongs " or Guilds — Chinese Bankers — Kiver
and coasting trade of China— Japanese line of steamers — How employed. ..."
3. The Canton Chinese: Or, The American's Sojourn in the Celestial Empire by Osmond Tiffany (1849)
"THE GREAT TEA hongs. THE mighty store-houses, stretching as they do for miles
along the Canton River, filled during the busy season with hundreds of ..."
4. Across Chrysê: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through the by Archibald Ross Colquhoun (1883)
"... for five- pence—Ingenious bill-making—Strange coinage—Affected indifference—Boat-hongs
in Canton—Wages of crew—Captain's arrangements—The Wealth god—Men ..."
5. Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China by George Battye Fisher (1863)
"black tea company, green tea company, Tsing-yuen tea hongs, ... King-e tea hongs,
Hee-jin tea hongs, satin ribbon hongs, raw silk hongs, sandal-wood hongs, ..."
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