Heping

See also: hépíng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 和平 (Hépíng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hŭʹpǐngʹ[1]

Proper noun

Heping

  1. A district of Tianjin, China.
    • 2020 March 4, Cao Li, “A ‘Blue Great Wall’ Divides a City as It Battles the Coronavirus”, in The Washington Post‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 March 2020‎[3]:
      When the coronavirus struck, local officials sprang into action. The district of Heping in particular seized on the city’s huge supply of blue-colored construction walls as a way to stop the virus’s spread. It helps that Tianjin neighbors Hebei Province, an industrial area where steel mills are plentiful and supplies can be easily found.

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References

  1. ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Hoping or Ho-p’ing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 800, column 3
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