Siping

See also: siping

English

Alternative forms

• Ssu-p'ing (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Siping

1. A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China.
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     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.

Synonyms

• (historical) Ssupingkai, Szepingkai

Translations

prefecture-level city in Jilin

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 四平 (sei³ ping⁴)

  Mandarin: 四平 (zh) (Sìpíng)