Hong /(?)/

Hong

n.
  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds
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

v. t. & i.
  1. To hang. [Obs.]