Xingping

See also: xìngpíng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興平／兴平 (Xīngpíng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪŋˈpɪŋ/

Proper noun

Xingping

1. A county-level city in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1973, John Gittings, “How the Dragon's Backbone was Invented”, in A Chinese View of China‎^[1], 1st American edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:

     Very little is known about Ma Chun's early life. He was born in a poor family in what is today Hsingping county in Shansi^{[sic – meaning Shensi]} province.]

   • [1973, Jan Fontein, Tung Wu, “Chou Bronzes”, in Unearthing China's Past‎^[2], Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54, column 3:

     A recent discovery is a bronze vessel with an inlaid gold ornament, excavated at Tou-ma-ts’un, Hsing-p’ing County, Shensi Province. It dates from the Late Eastern Chou period.]

   • 2004 July 18, “Flooding swamps many provinces, and more to come”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-14‎^[4]:

     On Saturday, rain and hail struck the Shaanxi counties of Suide and Xingping, killing two people and damaging about 7,000 hectares of farmland. Economic losses were calculated at more than 16.5 million yuan.

   • 2011, Li Xianyao, Luo Zhewen, China's Museums‎^[5], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120:

     Maoling is located in Xingping City, Shaanxi Province, and is the tomb of the Han Emperor Wudi (also known as Liu Che).

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興平／兴平 (zh) (Xīngpíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xingping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3503, column 2
• Xingping, Hsingping, Hsing-ping, Hsing-p'ing at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.