Pingchen

Alternative form of Pingzhen.

Proper noun

  1. Alternative form of Pingzhen.
    • The blast, which could be heard 5 kilometers away, occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Pingchen, Taoyuan County. - 1979, 新聞英語閱讀指導, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 406:
    • S. sonnei isolates collected from Pingchen city and Pateh city of Taoyuan county were of pattern 1; those from the primary schools, kindergartens and factories of Lungtan township, Taoyuan county, were of pattern II. -...
    • Financially sponsored by MOE (Ministry of Education), Yi-hsing Elementary School, in Pingchen County City, Tao-yuan, offers foreign brides courses of 'Classes for Adjustment and Growth for Foreign Brides' for four...

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 平鎮 (Píngzhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-chên⁴.