Meanings
- A county of Anshun, Guizhou, China.
If Beijing wins this one, remote valleys in the hills of Pingtang and Puding counties in the poor southwestern province of Guizhou could become the home of the biggest scientific instrument ever to be assembled on Earth.
2001 November 13, Andy Ho, “China vies to house the biggest telescope on Earth”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 20241 more example
(Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai), who participated in student enrollment examinations in (Huashu) District in Puting County, have violated the examination discipline, indulged in corrupt practices and caused a bad influence. The Puting County CCP Committee recently applied disciplinary sanctions against (Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai) and publicized the case throughout the county.
[1978 January 31 [1978 January 28], “Kweichow County Punishes Dishonest Examiners”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 21, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Kweiyang Kweichow Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 4
Origin
- Mandarin普定
- EnglishPuding
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 普定 (Pǔdìng).
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Chinese Cantonese 普定
- 普定 (pou² ding⁶)county
Chinese Mandarin 普定
- 普定 (Pǔdìng)county
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