Ching-pien

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 靖邊／靖边 (Jìngbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching⁴-pien¹.

Proper noun

Ching-pien

1. Alternative form of Jingbian
   • 1912, Robert Sterling Clark, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Through Shên-kan: The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908-9.‎^[1], T. Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 122:

     A deep bed of this red sandstone occurs at the head of the Yen Shui valley, a few miles south of Ching-pien.

   • 1962, Chung-li Chang, “Gentry Functions as a Source of Income”, in The Income of the Chinese Gentry‎^[2], Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 56:

     On the other hand, poorer districts like Ching-pien, Shensi, complained of difficulty in maintaining one or two shu-yüan properly.

   • 1966, 鄭徳坤 [Chêng Tê-k'un], “Prehistoric China”, in Archaeology in China‎^[3], volume 1, →OCLC, page 104:

     A typical Gobi site has been reported at Hsiao-ch’iao-p’an in Ching-pien, northern Shensi.