Pingchen

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A form of Pingzhen — A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Pingzhen.

    The blast, which could be heard 5 kilometers away, occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Pingchen, Taoyuan County.

    1979, 新聞英語閱讀指導, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 406
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    S. sonnei isolates collected from Pingchen city and Pateh city of Taoyuan county were of pattern 1; those from the primary schools, kindergartens and factories of Lungtan township, Taoyuan county, were of pattern II.

    2001, Epidemiology Bulletin, volume 17, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 87

    Financially sponsored by MOE (Ministry of Education), Yi-hsing Elementary School, in Pingchen County City, Tao-yuan, offers foreign brides courses of 'Classes for Adjustment and Growth for Foreign Brides' for four years, teaching Mandarin phonetic symbols, sentence making, literacy, and newspaper reading, communication with spouse, parents and children, as well as among in-laws, and understanding traffic signs (United Daily News, October 6, 2004:B2).

    2008, M.J. Warsi, editor, Linguistic Dynamism in South Asia, Gyan Publishing House, →ISBN, page 61

    An army press statement said the helicopter took off at 9:38am from its base in Lungtan to perform a routine training mission around the Lungtan and Pingchen Township (平鎮) area.

    2008 July 17, Rich Chang, “Two soldiers die as helicopter crashes into building”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2008, Front Page, page 1

    Taoyuan Police Department's Pingchen City Police Chief, Chang Ren-ching (張仁慶), said that the police received a tip half a month ago that 49-year-old Pan was selling ketamine in karaoke bars and hotels around southern Taoyuan, reported CNA.

    2018 June 20, Renée Salmonsen, “Taiwanese police arrest dealer in Taoyuan's largest ketamine bust”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2018, Society

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 平鎮 (Píngzhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-chên⁴.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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