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Pingxiang
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Píngxiāng Píngxiáng
English
Pronunciation
pĭng′shyäng′Pingsiang or P’ing-hsiang 1476 1
en Ping xiang
Etymology 1
Pingxiang, Jiangxi
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 萍鄉.
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city p/Jiangxi c/China.
en August 9, 2007 Molten steel bursts through windows in China tragedy w:Reuters https://archive.ph/Ha0ve https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/molten-steel-bursts-through-windows-in-china-tragedy-idUSPEK29194/ January 11, 2026 In 2000, an oxygen generator explosion killed at least 19 workers at a steel plant in Pingxiang in the eastern province of Jiangxi.
Translations
county
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 萍鄉
Mandarin: cmn 萍鄉
References
Etymology 2
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 憑祥.
Proper noun
en county-level city prefecture-level city/Chongzuo ar/Guangxi c/China.
en March 29, 1984 March 28, 1984 AROUND THE WORLD; China Reports Firing On Vietnamese Plane w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150524160421/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/29/world/around-the-world-china-reports-firing-on-vietnamese-plane.html AP https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/29/world/around-the-world-china-reports-firing-on-vietnamese-plane.html May 24, 2015 0362-4331 1645522 World The Vietnamese MIG-21 was fired on as it flew over Pingxiang in the southwest Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the agency said."The plane was on a reconnaissance mission," it said. "The aircraft turned back to Vietnam after the incident."
Translations
county-level city
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 憑祥
Further reading
Pingxiang, Pinghsiang, Ping-hsiang, P'ing-hsiang
en 1998 Pingxiang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2442 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2442/ 1
en 2-syllable words