Pingyuan

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: pǐngʹyüǎnʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 平原 (Píngyuán).

Proper noun

Pingyuan

1. (historical) A former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang
   • 1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, “Han Che-i”, in Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921-1965 (Harvard East Asian Series)‎^[2], volume I, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 287, column 1:

     The North China Government was absorbed by the central government when it was formed in October 1949, but just prior to that time (in August 1949) Pingyuan Province was formed with its capital in Hsin-hsiang (in present-day north Honan).

2. A county of Dezhou, Shandong, China.

Translations

former province; county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平原 (Ping⁴ jyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 平原 (Píngyuán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 平遠 / 平远 (Píngyuǎn).

Proper noun

Pingyuan

1. A county of Meizhou, Guangdong, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平遠 / 平远 (Ping⁴ jyun⁵)

  Mandarin: 平遠 / 平远 (Píngyuǎn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can