Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The superintendent of customs at Canton, China: so called by foreigners.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun China, China A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.
- noun China A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
- noun Chinese customhouse officers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun China A
collector ofcustoms , as atCanton ; anoverseer ofcommerce . - noun China A
tribunal orcommission in charge of therevenue derived fromtrade andnavigation .
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Examples
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Canton Customs, and when Shanghai was declared an open port in forty-two they made him hoppo there.
Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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On the 12th the officers went ashore to wait upon the hoppo, who had a fine palace.
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The Chinese are justly reputed the craftiest people in the world; and it is their invariable maxim to appoint the cunningest man they can find to the office of hoppo.
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The custom of this port is to disarm every ship that enters it, sending two frigates or armed vessels, called _chan-pans_, full of men, to ride close by the vessel, to ensure the execution of all orders from the _hoppo_ and chief mandarin.
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The Portuguese have indeed the government over their own people within the walls of this city; yet Macao is strictly and properly a Chinese city: For there is a Chinese governor resident on the spot, together with a hoppo or commissioner of the customs; and these Chinese mandarins, with all their officers and servants, are maintained at the expence of the city, which has also to bear the charges of the Portuguese government. [
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