Pingli

See also: pínglǐ and pìnglǐ

English

Alternative forms

• P'ing-li (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 平利.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋ.li/, enPR: pǐngʹlēʹ

Proper noun

Pingli

1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1949 July 14, “China Official Swears 'Win All Lose All' Fight”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], page 30.24-4383:

     Teng said a large number of Communists were striking westward from Sian, capital of Shensi province. He added the Nationalists had lost Pingli in southern Shensi after a battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.

   • 2017, Critical Mineral Resources of the United States: Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply‎^[3], number 1802, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 028, column 1:

     In Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China, the Badao bone coal contains 41 to 75 ppm of selenium, with a mean concentration of 57.5 ppm. […] The local environment in Pingli County was found to contain soil with a mean concentration of 0.3 to 1.1 ppm selenium, and agricultural crops with concentration of 0.57 to 2.75 ppm selenium (Fang and others, 2003).

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平利 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᡦᡳᠩ
  ᠯᡳ (ping li), ᡦᡳᠩ
  ᠯᡳᡳ (ping lii)

Further reading

• Pingli, P'ing-li, Ping-li at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Pingli”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2441, column 3

Anagrams

• Gilpin, piling