Zhenping
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See also: Zhènpíng
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮平/镇平 (Zhènpíng).
Proper noun
[edit]Zhenping
- A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
- [1972, Daily Report: People's Republic of China[2], Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
- HONAN NEW COOKING STOVE--Scores of new-type cooking stoves have been introduced into rural Honan Province. The new stoves, as compared with the old ones, generally save about 50 percent on such fuels as coal, firewood, and hay. There had been a shortage of firewood and hay in Chenping County, which has now become self-sufficient in these fuels since 83 percent of the rural families began to use the new stoves.]
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮坪/镇坪 (Zhènpíng).
Proper noun
[edit]Zhenping
- A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
- [1972 August 17 [1972 August 6], “Musk Production”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China[3], volume I, number 161, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page B 4:
- China has succeeded in domesticating musk deer and obtaining the musk while the animal is alive. The Forestry Bureau in western Szechwan Province and a musk-deer farm in Chenping county, Shensi Province, have achieved this.]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chenping or Chen-p’ing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 383, column 2
Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhenping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3564, column 1
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