Ping Tung

A form of Pingtung — A county in southern Taiwan.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Pingtung.

    At Ping Tung, a professional geomancer checks the alignment of a grave, to ensure that ancestors will rest happily

    1991, Derek Walters, The Feng Shui Handbook, Thorsons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 183
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    The Puyumas, a small, rather civilized tribe, live together with native Chinese in many villages around the city of Ping Tung.

    1967, Chen Kang Chai, Taiwan Aborigines: A Genetic Study of Tribal Variations, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 36

    After securing Ping Tung, Taiwan and Batan island regular air patrols have resumed. It has been noted that increasing ground activity was occurring around daybreak.

    1993 September, Paul A. Forbes, Using a Wargame to Explore the Effects of the Information Content of Messages on CVBG Anti-Air Warfare Defense, Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, →OL, page 53

    My duty assignment was[...]Tasked the Wing’s Squadrons to provide aircrew members for ferry missions to the United States and Ping Tung, Taiwan.[...]Regarding the ferry missions to Ping Tung, Taiwan. The 3rd wing had one squadron of T-38 (F-5s) called the Aggressor Squadron.[...]The reason for the flights to Ping Tung was the contractor's location that painted the aircraft to soviet specifications.

    2009, Billy Ray Wilson, Enough is Enough, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 122–123

Origin

  1. Mandarin屏東
  2. EnglishPing Tung

From Mandarin 屏東 (Píng Dōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing² Tung¹.

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APA

Ping Tung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ping%20Tung

MLA

“Ping Tung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ping%20Tung. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ping Tung,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ping%20Tung.

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