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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.]

Translations

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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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