Nanping

Nan·ping
N1A1N1P3I1N1G2

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Nan-p'ing

  1. A prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.

    Parents burn paper money to mourn for school students who were stabbed to death by a man at a primary school in Nanping, Fujian province March 24, 2010.

    2010 April 12, “China stabbings spur public call for school security”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, World News
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    Work centers in Nanping (formerly called Yenping) where are located the Nanping General Hospital and a high school for boys and girls. The conference has about 50 churches and 3,000 members. This conference is in Free China. Refugee institutions from Foochow have been temporarily located within the Yenping Conference—the Hwa Nan College and Hwa Nan High School at Nanping, and the Anglo-Chinese College and Union Kindergarten Training School at Yankow.

    1944, Arthur J. Moore, Christ After Chaos, New York: Board of Missions and Church Extension The Methodist Church, →OCLC, page 32

    We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection.

    1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96

Origin

  1. Mandarin南平
  2. EnglishNanping

From Mandarin 南平 (Nánpíng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 南平
  • 南平 (naam⁴ ping⁴)prefecture-level city in Fujian
Chinese Mandarin 南平
  • 南平 (Nánpíng)prefecture-level city in Fujian
Korean 난핑, 남평
  • 난핑 (nanping)prefecture-level city in Fujian
  • 남평 (nampyeong)prefecture-level city in Fujian

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APA

Nanping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanping

MLA

“Nanping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nanping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanping.

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