Siping

See also: siping

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 四平 (Sìpíng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sœ′pĭng′[1]
  • Hyphenation: Si‧ping

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Siping

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.
    • 2017 November 24, Chris Buckley, Karoline Kan, “Beijing Kindergarten Is Accused of Abuse, and Internet Erupts in Fury”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 November 2017, Asia Pacific‎[3]:
      In 2015, four teachers at a RYB Education kindergarten in Siping, northeast China, were charged with using sewing needles to jab more than 20 children on their heads, mouths and limbs, supposedly as punishment.

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  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Szeping, Szuping, or Ssu-p’ing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1859, column 1: “Szeping, Szuping, or Ssu-p’ing (all: sû′pĭng′), […]”
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