Synonym of Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name.

A greeting.

(obsolete, nautical) A vessel, often painted red and carrying a red flag, that carried gunpowder to a man of war

plural of powder hoy

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. / The act of hoisting; a lift.

(idiomatic) Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".

(transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist. / (intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised.

Pompous, self-important and snobbish; pretentious or affected, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of ostentation or excessive fanciness / (obsolete) Giddy; merry; noisy.

(dated) Expressing surprise or disapprobation.