Keping

See also: keping

English

Alternative forms

• K'o-p'ing (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From pinyin romanization of Mandarin 柯坪 (Kēpíng).

Proper noun

Keping

1. Synonym of Kalpin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1991 March 12, 5,000 Left Homeless by Xinjiang Earthquake‎^[1], United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 96:

     Aftershocks continued to rattle Keping county in Xinjiang region, where the earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit late Monday causing 10 million yuan (1.9 million dollars) in losses, a ministry statement said.

   • 2008, "Illegal Structure," Not "Mosque," Removed in Xinjiang‎^[2], United States Department of State, page 2:

     The spokesman told reporters that he "double-checked with the relevant authorities," and found that some "peasants and herdsmen" in Keping County, Aksu, "made a construction" for personal religious use on land intended for agricultural use, thus making the construction illegal.

   • 2014 April 17, “Chinese police shoot man dead at checkpoint in Xinjiang”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 02 October 2020:

     The man, Abdul Basiti Abdulimiti, was a “terrorist” from Keping county in Aksu prefecture, the Aksu government said on its website.

Translations

Kalpin — see Kalpin

Anagrams

• Peking