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Definition of Hongs

Hong
Hong Hong, n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.
Hong
Hong Hong, v. t. & i. To hang. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Hongs from wikipedia

- A hong (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng; Jyutping: hong4-2) was a type of Chinese merchant establishment and its ****ociated type of building. Hongs arose in Guangzhou...
- Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre...
- Min-jung. The drama is arguably the Hongs' least successful work thus far, lacking both in ratings and buzz. The Hongs reunited with Gong Hyo-jin in Master's...
- Waters, Dan (1990). "Hongs Kong's Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 30: 247–256...
- Dan Waters (1990). "Hongs Kong's Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 30: 219–256...
- in Hong Kong Waters, Dan (1990). "Hongs Kong's Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong...
- James Hong (Chinese: 吳漢章; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. He has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since...
- these three companies are recognised as the original Canton Hongs active in early Colonial Hong Kong. Former East India Company supercargo George Baring...
- (Chinese: 天祥洋行) or Dodwell's, was one of the leading British merchant firms, or hongs, active in China and ****an during the 19th and 20th century. It was a direct...
- called a "golden ghetto" because it was both isolated and lucrative. These hongs—first established by Pan Zhencheng (潘振成) and nine others in 1760—were granted...