Pianguan

English

Alternative forms

• P'ien-kuan, Pienkuan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 偏關 / 偏关 (Piānguān), a clipping of the original name 偏頭關 / 偏头关 (Piāntóuguān, “Crooked or Isolated Head Pass”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /piənˈɡwɑn/, /pijənˈɡwɑn/

Proper noun

Pianguan

1. Synonym of Piantou, a mountain pass and important gate in Shanxi, China.
2. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
   • 1980, Atlas of Primitive Man in China‎^[1], Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130:

     In 1958 and 1959 in conjunction with the execution of the Huanghe River (Yellow River) Water Conservancy Project, an investigation of paleolithic stone artifacts was conducted along the Huanghe River, from Togtoh County of the Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolian) Autonomous Region in the north to Pianguan County, Shanxi Province in the south, with Lamawan in Qingshuihe County as the center.

   • 1998 June 2, Jasper Becker, “Axed workers take to streets as province suffers”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 August 2023‎^[3]:

     In the poor county of Pianguan in northern Shanxi, officials said declining local government revenues meant hardship for teachers and others paid from state coffers.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偏關 / 偏关 (zh) (Piānguān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Pianguan, P'ien-kuan, Pienkuan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Pianguan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2428, column 3