Meanings
alternative Pingchen · alternative Pingjhen
- A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed.
桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷
2020 May 1, C. Chuang, “Worker Killed in Taoyuan Construction Accident [桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 21 Aug 20231 more example
Authorities in Taoyuan are searching for a non-native baboon, possibly a chacma baboon, which has been spotted several times in the city's Pingzhen District over the past 12 days and was most recently seen in the coastal district of Xinwu.
2023 March 23, Yeh Chen, Kuo Hsuan-wen, Tseng Yi-ning, Matthew Mazzetta, “Sightings of non-native baboon reported in Taoyuan”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Taipei, CNA, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023, Society
Origin
- Mandarin平鎮 /平镇
- EnglishPingzhen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 平鎮 /平镇 (Píngzhèn).
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Chinese Cantonese 平鎮 /平镇
- 平鎮 /平镇 (ping⁴ zan³)district
Chinese Mandarin 平鎮 /平镇
- 平鎮 /平镇 (Píngzhèn)district
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Cite this entry
Pingzhen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingzhen
“Pingzhen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingzhen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pingzhen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingzhen.
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