Pakhoi

See also: Pak-Hoï

English

French stamps for Pakhoi

Alternative forms

• Pak Hoi, Pak-hoi

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 北海 (bak¹ hoi²).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bäkʹhoiʹ

Proper noun

Pakhoi

1. (dated) Synonym of Beihai: the Cantonese-derived name.
   • 1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882‎^[4], London: Luzac & Company, page 242:

     Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong.

   • 1905, B. L. Putnam Weale, The Re-shaping of The Far East‎^[5], volume II, The Macmillan Company, page 308:

     But this is not all. It will be remembered that from Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin, a second line has been spoken of as leaving for Chinese territory — the Hanoi-Langson-Lungchow Railway. This strategic railway is already in fair way of being entirely completed, and the extension to Nanningfu, Pakhoi, and the leased port and territory of Kwangchow-wan will shortly be taken in hand.

   • 1939, R. Ellis Roberts, Portrait of Stella Benson‎^[6], London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, →OL, page 284:

     Since Shaemas couldn’t leave the service of the Customs and come to live in England, she would, since she could, go to join him in his new post Hoi-how in China; and thence they were to move to the last post, Pakhoi.

   • 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic‎^[7], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 166:

     With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung’s regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and Pakhoi is the chief town of the western panhandle.

   • 1974, Diana Lary, Region and Nation: The Kwangsi Clique in Chinese Politics, 1925-1937‎^[8], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:

     The Japanese pleasure at China’s obvious disunity created pressure for a settlement, which was enhanced by their reaction to an incident at Pakhoi, in southwestern Kwangtung. The only Japanese in that city, a medicine dealer, was murdered by troops of the Nineteenth Route Army; in retaliation, Japanese gunboats moved into Pakhoi harbour, and for a while seemed about to use the Incident as a pretext for aggression in that area.