Meanings
- A district of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
The 72 miners were trapped after stored explosives blew up at the Xingdong No.2 Mine in Weidong district of Pingdingshan in Henan province, it said.
2010 June 21, Huang Yan, Lucy Hornby, “Coal mine explosives blast kills 46 in China”, in Sugita Katyal, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Sep 20241 more example
Eight mines of Pingdingshan is China's own design and construction of the first large-scale mine, administrative area under the Weidong District, Pingdingshan City .
2017 November, Pei-yang Wang, Feng You-li, “Geological Hazards in Pingdingshan Coal Mine District and Controlling Countermeasures”, in International Journal of Scientific and Technical Research in Engineering, volume 2, number 11, →ISSN, page 23
Origin
- Mandarin衛東 /卫东
- EnglishWeidong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 衛東 /卫东.
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Chinese Cantonese 衛東 /卫东
- 衛東 /卫东district
Chinese Mandarin 衛東 /卫东
- 衛東 /卫东district
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Weidong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weidong
“Weidong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weidong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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