Pingzhen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 平鎮 / 平镇 (Píngzhèn).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pǐngʹjǔnʹ

Proper noun

Pingzhen

  1. A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • 2020 May 1, C. Chuang, “Worker Killed in Taoyuan Construction Accident [桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷]”, in Public Television Service‎[2], archived from the original on 21 August 2023‎[3]:
      On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed.
    • 2023 March 23, Yeh Chen, Kuo Hsuan-wen, Tseng Yi-ning, Matthew Mazzetta, “Sightings of non-native baboon reported in Taoyuan”, in Focus Taiwan‎[4], sourced from Taipei, CNA, archived from the original on 23 March 2023, Society‎[5]:
      Authorities in Taoyuan are searching for a non-native baboon, possibly a chacma baboon, which has been spotted several times in the city's Pingzhen District over the past 12 days and was most recently seen in the coastal district of Xinwu.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Ma, Zhenglin (1985) “Appendix 7.1: Transliteration Glossary of Place Names in Taiwan”, in Victor F.S. Sit, editor, Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949‎[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208: “Hanyu Pinyin/Common English Name used in Taiwan/Chinese Characters […] Pingzhen/Pingchen/平鎮”

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