Pingqiao

See also: Píngqiáo

English

Alternative forms

• P'ing-ch'iao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 平橋／平桥 (Píngqiáo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɪŋˈt͡ʃjaʊ/

Proper noun

Pingqiao

1. A district of Xinyang, Henan, China.
   • 1991, Alain Thote, “The Double Coffin of Leigudun Tomb No. 1: Iconographic Sources and Related Problems”, in Thomas Lawton, editor, 東周楚文化討論會 [New Perspectives on Chu Culture During the Eastern Zhou Period]‎^[2], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 30–31:

     The dragons' heads no longer exist, but the positions of the tongues are indicated by commas. Initially the design occupied a panel on a bronze surface, as on a gui discovered at Lintong 臨潼, Shaanxi (fig. 10a), or was repeated on a horizontal band, as on a pen excavated at Pingqiao 平橋, Xinyang Shi 新陽市^{[sic – meaning 信陽市]}, Henan (fig. 10b).

   • 2019, Yanheng Lu, Junxi Qian, “Towards a material approach in rural geography: Architectural experiments in China’s rural renaissance and reconstruction movements”, in Geoforum‎^[3], volume 116, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Haotang village, under the jurisdiction of Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China, has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres and a population of about 2300.

   • 2021, Xiaoming Wang, Hong Hua, Green Village and Town Construction in China‎^[4], Beijing: Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:

     Located in the suburbs of southeastern Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, Haotang Village has an area of 20.7 km2 and jurisdiction over 18 village groups and 2,385 people.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pingqiao.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平橋／平桥 (zh) (Píngqiáo)

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