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Pingshun

/pɪŋ.ʃʌn/

Pingshun proper noun: a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Pingshun

  1. A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
    • There stood a man with two horses. His story was that he had been sent by his master, who was none other than the magistrate of Pingshun County, the night before and had traveled all night over the mountains to come and get us to go and take care of the magistrate’s wife who had been in labor...
    • The fact is that we had been hoping and praying for some months that our missionaries might find an opening into the County of Pingshun, about thirty-five miles to the east of Luan in Shansi, province of North China.1945, Paul E. Adolph, “A Magistrate Calls the Doctor”, in Surgery Speaks to China: The Experiences of a Medical Missionary to China in Peace and in War, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 13

Forms of Pingshun

alternative formP'ing-shun

Origin of Pingshun

From Mandarin 平順 /平顺 (Píngshùn).

Questions about Pingshun

What does Pingshun mean?
Pingshun means a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Pingshun?
Pingshun is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pingshun?
Pingshun is pronounced /pɪŋ.ʃʌn/.

Words near Pingshun in the dictionary

  1. Pingree
  2. Pingrees
  3. Pingry
  4. pings
  5. Pingshan
  6. Pingshun
  7. Pingsi
  8. Pingster
  9. Pingstone
  10. Pingtan
  11. Pingtang

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