Pingding

See also: píngdìng and Píngdǐng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1][2] romanization of the Mandarin 平定 (Píngdìng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪŋ.dɪŋ/, enPR: pĭng′dĭng′[3]
  • Hyphenation: Ping‧ding

Proper noun

Pingding

  1. A county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 360:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Pingting (P'ing-ting, Pingding)
  2. ^ Blunden, Caroline; Mark Elvin (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Graham Speake, editor, Cultural Atlas of China‎[2], Revised edition, Checkmark Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 232, 235: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Pingding/P'ing-ting 37°50′N 113°28′E, 31”
  3. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Pingting or P’ing-ting”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1476, column 2

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