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Pingyu

Syllables: Ping·yu/pɪŋ.ju/

Pingyu proper noun: a county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Pingyu

  1. A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
    • Two counties—Suiping and Pingyu—in the Hsinyang district of Honan province took the lead in this movement.1958, India Quarterly, volumes 14-15, Indian Council of World Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27
    • Sometimes peasants complained. But is is the thorny logic of renzhi that operates in the countryside. Take the case of Cai Yutang, an elderly peasant in Pingyu County in Henan Province. Local officials wanted to collect money from the peasants to pay for an electricity station, but Cai refused to...1994, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 174

Examples of Pingyu in a sentence

  • Take the case of Cai Yutang, an elderly peasant in Pingyu County in Henan Province.1994, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN...
  • Cadres in Xiangyang Dian commune in Pingyu county ordered the culprits to be dressed in mourning.1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine, The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:

Forms of Pingyu

alternative formP'ing-yü

Origin of Pingyu

From Mandarin 平輿 /平舆.

Questions about Pingyu

What does Pingyu mean?
Pingyu means a county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
How do you use Pingyu in a sentence?
Take the case of Cai Yutang, an elderly peasant in Pingyu County in Henan Province.
What part of speech is Pingyu?
Pingyu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pingyu?
Pingyu is pronounced /pɪŋ.ju/.

Words near Pingyu in the dictionary

  1. Pingxiang
  2. pingy
  3. Pingyang
  4. pingyangmycin
  5. Pingyao
  6. Pingyu
  7. Pingyuan
  8. Pingzhen
  9. pinhead
  10. pinhead oatmeal
  11. pinheaded

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