Pingtung

See also: P'ing-tung and Ping Tung

English

Alternative forms

(also from Wade-Giles) P'ing-tung, Ping Tung
(from pinyin) Pingdong

Etymology

c. 1940s, from Wade–Giles romanization of Chinese 屏東 (Píngdōng) Wade-Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tung¹.

Pronunciation

enPR: pǐngʹdo͞ongʹ

Proper noun

Pingtung

A county in southern Taiwan
- 1953 February 9, Harold Lavine, “Chiang's Troops: They Are Rarin' to Fight Back”, in Newsweek‎, volume XLI, number 6, page 33:
  Another obvious deficiency of the Nationalists is their lack of understanding of the importance of maintaining equipment. They're great at repairing equipment, but they also have a talent for wrecking it. At the Pingtung air base is a hangar full of airplane engines, 101 of them at last count. They haven't run a mile, and they are rotten with rust.
- 1972, The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State (Foreign Relations of the United States 1947)‎, volume 7, number 894A.00/11-447, Washington, D.C., page 468:
  Following article was published in Central News Agency's English Bulletin of October 28, 1947:
  "President of the Executive Yuan, Chang Chun, returned to the capital at 2:50 this afternoon from Taiwan, after having taken off from Pingtung, Taiwan at 10:40 in the morning.
- 1983 January 30, “Aboriginal cultural park”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXIV, number 5, Taipei, page 2:
  The Taiwan Provincial Government has decided to spend US$6.4 million in three years starting this fiscal year to build a tourist recreation park near Fuku Bay in Pingtung county in Southern Taiwan.
- 2014, Ed Lin, Ghost Month‎, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 207:
  "This is really a genuine Paiwan outfit?" I asked.
  "Absolutely," said Jenny. "The gods smile upon anyone who wears this. That's why it feels so uncomfortable. They feel your suffering and your sacrifice."
  "It hurts, all right," said Nancy.
  "It's painful to look at, too!" I said. Nancy slapped my shoulder.
  "It's the real thing," said the girl with the innocent face. "I'm from Pingtung. My grandmother was part Paiwan."
A city in and the administrative seat of Pingtung, Taiwan
- 1998, Linda Chao, Ramon H. Myers, The First Chinese Democracy‎, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 925045805, page 85:
  Under Japanese colonial rule, Pingtung city and its environs had been famous for anti-Japanese activities. After retrocession, the KMT local cadres used local factions to establish their influence and control.

Translations

county in southern Taiwan; city in southern Taiwan

Chinese:
Cantonese: 屏東, 屏东 (ping⁴ dung¹)
Mandarin: 屏東／屏东 (zh) (Píngdōng)
Japanese: 屏東 (へいとう, Heitō)

French

Etymology

From Wade–Giles romanization of Chinese 屏東 (Píngdōng) Wade-Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tung¹.

Proper noun

Pingtung ?

Pingtung (a county of Taiwan)