Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Mianyang, Sichuan, China.
Xinhua news agency reported a magnitude 5.0 aftershock hit Pingwu County early on Tuesday, causing buildings to creak in Chengdu, about 150 km from the tremor's epicentre.
2008 May 19, Lucy Hornby, Chris Buckley, Ben Blanchard, Benjamin Kang Lim, Matthew Jones, “Fears of new quake prompt panic in Chinese town”, in Nick Macfie, Sanjeev Miglani, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2026
Origin
- Mandarin平武
- EnglishPingwu
From Mandarin 平武 (Píngwǔ).
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Chinese Cantonese 平武
- 平武 (ping⁴ mou⁵)county
Chinese Mandarin 平武
- 平武 (Píngwǔ)county
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APA
Pingwu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingwu
MLA
“Pingwu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingwu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pingwu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingwu.
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