Pinggu

Ping·gu
P3I1N1G2G2U1
/pɪŋ.ɡu/

proper noun

A district of Beijing, China, formerly a county.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pingku

  1. A district of Beijing, China, formerly a county.

    In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.

    2021 April 5, Lily Kuo, Lyric Li, “China’s covid vaccine drive is lagging. Free food could help turn things around.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2021, Asia & Pacific
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    In the Ta-hua-shan [translating 大華山 /大华山] commune of P'ing-ku county, Peking Municipality, variety comparing experiments carried out by the Hou-pei-kung [translating 後北宮 /后北宫] brigade achieved a yield of 582.5 chin per mou, 21.4 percent more than Tanori and 8.5 percent more than Potam.

    [1977 August 5 [1977 January], “A Brief Introduction of Three Spring Wheat Varieties”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 389, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking K'O-HSUEH SHIH-YEN [Scientific Experiment], No 1, Jan 77, pp 28-29, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Agriculture, page 11

Origin

  1. Mandarin平谷
  2. EnglishPinggu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 平谷 (Pínggǔ).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 平谷
  • 平谷 (ping⁴ guk¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 平谷
  • 平谷 (Pínggǔ)district
Japanese 平谷
  • 平谷 (Heikoku)district
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APA

Pinggu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pinggu

MLA

“Pinggu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pinggu. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pinggu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pinggu.

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