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Xingping

Syllables: Xing·ping/ʃɪŋˈpɪŋ/

Xingping proper noun: a county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Xingping

  1. A county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
    • Very little is known about Ma Chun's early life. He was born in a poor family in what is today Hsingping county in Shansi^([sic – meaning Shensi]) province.[1973, John Gittings, “How the Dragon's Backbone was Invented”, in A Chinese View of China, 1st American edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32
    • A recent discovery is a bronze vessel with an inlaid gold ornament, excavated at Tou-ma-ts’un, Hsing-p’ing County, Shensi Province. It dates from the Late Eastern Chou period.[1973, Jan Fontein, Tung Wu, “Chou Bronzes”, in Unearthing China's Past, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54, column 3

Examples of Xingping in a sentence

  • On Saturday, rain and hail struck the Shaanxi counties of Suide and Xingping, killing two people and damaging about 7,000 hectares of farmland.2004 July 18, “Flooding swamps many provinces, and more to come”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
  • Maoling is located in Xingping City, Shaanxi Province, and is the tomb of the Han Emperor Wudi (also known as Liu Che).2011, Li Xianyao, Luo Zhewen, China's Museums, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120:

Origin of Xingping

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興平 /兴平 (Xīngpíng).

Questions about Xingping

What does Xingping mean?
Xingping means a county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
How do you use Xingping in a sentence?
On Saturday, rain and hail struck the Shaanxi counties of Suide and Xingping, killing two people and damaging about 7,000 hectares of farmland.
What part of speech is Xingping?
Xingping is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Xingping?
Xingping is pronounced /ʃɪŋˈpɪŋ/.

Words near Xingping in the dictionary

  1. Xinghai
  2. Xinghua
  3. Xinghualing
  4. Xingjiang
  5. Xingkai
  6. Xingping
  7. Xingqing
  8. Xingren
  9. xings
  10. Xingshan
  11. xingshu

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