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Pingzhen
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English
Pingzhen District, Taoyuan
Alternative forms
en Pingchen Wade-Giles
en Pingjhen Tongyong Pinyin
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1985 Ma Zhenglin Appendix 7.1: Transliteration Glossary of Place Names in Taiwan Victor F.S. Sit Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949 https://archive.org/details/chinesecitiesgro0000unse/ Oxford University Press 0195837460 1006455723 208 https://archive.org/details/chinesecitiesgro0000unse/page/208/ Hanyu Pinyin/Common English Name used in Taiwan/Chinese CharactersPingzhen/Pingchen/zh 平鎮 romanization of the en cmn 平鎮 Píngzhèn.
Pronunciation
pĭng′jŭn′Pingchen or P’ing-chen 1475 3 Pingchen or P’ing-chen (both: pĭng′jŭn′), Jap. [Japanese] Heichin (hā′jĭn′),
en Ping zhen
Proper noun
en district special municipality/Taoyuan c/Taiwan.
en 2020-05-01 C. Chuang Worker Killed in Taoyuan Construction Accident zh 桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷 https://web.archive.org/web/20230821232729/https://news.pts.org.tw/article/477034 21 August 2023 https://news.pts.org.tw/article/477034 w:Public Television Service On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed.
en 03/23/2023 Yeh Chen; Kuo Hsuan-wen; Tseng Yi-ning; Matthew Mazzetta Sightings of non-native baboon reported in Taoyuan w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20230323083908/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202303230009 Taipei, CNA https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202303230009 March 23, 2023 Society Authorities in Taoyuan are searching for a non-native baboon, possibly a chacma baboon, which has been spotted several times in the city's Pingzhen District over the past 12 days and was most recently seen in the coastal district of Xinwu.
Translations
district
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 平鎮
Mandarin: cmn 平鎮 Píngzhèn
References
Further reading
Pingzhen, Pingchen