Pingcheng

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 平城 (Píngchéng).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/, /-t͡ʃʌŋ/, enPR: pǐngʹchǔngʹ

Proper noun

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Pingcheng

  1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
    • 1970, René Grousset, translated by Naomi Walford, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia[1], New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127:
      The founder of the Han dynasty, the emperor Kao-ti, hastened to the scene, drove back the Hsiung-nu, but was then blockaded by them on the Paiteng plateau near Pingcheng, in the present-day district of Tatung, on the frontiers of Shansi.
    • 2020 October 10, Jiede Su, “In Datong, a Crumbling Legacy of China’s Most Extreme Urban Makeover”, in Sixth Tone[2], archived from the original on 11 October 2020[3]:
      Located about 250 kilometers west of Beijing, Datong is a small city by Chinese standards: Currently, Pingcheng District, which covers most of Datong proper, has 807,000 residents. But the city’s people could take pride in Datong’s rich coal seams and richer history.

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