Pingzhen

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 平鎮平镇 (Píngzhèn).

Proper noun

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Pingzhen

  1. A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • 2020 May 1, C. Chuang, “Worker Killed in Taoyuan Construction Accident [桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷]”, in Public Television Service[2], archived from the original on 21 August 2023[3]:
      On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed.
    • [2022 June 23, Jason Pan, “Police officers suspected of bribery scheme”, in Taipei Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2022, Taiwan News, page 2‎[5]:
      The officers under investigation are from New Taipei City’s Banciao (板橋) and Shulin (樹林) districts, Taoyuan’s Pingjhen (平鎮) and Bade (八德) districts, and Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City (竹北), they said.]
    • [(Can we date this quote?), “History”, in Jong Jen Elementary School[6], archived from the original on 05 March 2023[7]:
      As one of the oldest schools in Pingjhen District, Jong Jen Elementary School has undergone many changes:the founding of the school’s affiliated kindergarten in 1993;the renewal of school’s middle playground in 1990;and the construction of the immigration center in 2005; and the first prize of the sustainable campus in 2006.]

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References

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  1. ^ Ma, Zhenglin (1985) “Appendix 7.1: Transliteration Glossary of Place Names in Taiwan”, in Victor F.S. Sit, editor, Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208:Hanyu Pinyin/Common English Name used in Taiwan/Chinese Characters [] Pingzhen/Pingchen/平鎮

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