Pingyuan

Ping·yuan
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proper noun

A former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

Pingyuan1

proper noun
  1. historicalA former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.

    The North China Government was absorbed by the central government when it was formed in October 1949, but just prior to that time (in August 1949) Pingyuan Province was formed with its capital in Hsin-hsiang (in present-day north Honan).

    1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, “Han Che-i”, in Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921-1965 (Harvard East Asian Series), volume I, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 287, column 1

Pingyuan2

proper noun
  1. A county of Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
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    Party organizations at all levels in Pingyuan County have grasped the strengthening of rural management cadres training as a major link in doing a good job of management, thus raising the correct thinking of the cadres, raising their professional level and promoting the implementation of the party's various economic policies in rural areas.[…] This situation was all the more serious when the gang of four were running rampant. As a result of the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, party organizations at all levels in Pingyuan County have understood that strengthening training for management cadres and helping them smash spiritual shackles and succeed in understanding policies and their work are major measures for eliminating disorder and for doing a good job of rural management.

    1978 April 28 [1978 April 23], “Kwangtung County Trains Management Cadres”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 83, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Canton Kwangtung Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, pages H 1, H 2

Origin

Pingyuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin平原
  2. EnglishPingyuan

From Mandarin 平原 (Píngyuán).

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Pingyuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin平遠 /平远
  2. EnglishPingyuan

From Mandarin 平遠 /平远 (Píngyuǎn).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 平原, 平遠 /平远
  • 平原 (Ping⁴ jyun⁴)former province; county
  • 平遠 /平远 (Ping⁴ jyun⁵)county
Chinese Mandarin 平原, 平遠 /平远
  • 平原 (Píngyuán)former province; county
  • 平遠 /平远 (Píngyuǎn)county

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