Ching-pien

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 靖邊／靖边 (Jìngbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching⁴-pien¹.

Proper noun

Ching-pien

Alternative form of Jingbian
- 1912, Robert Sterling Clark, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Through Shên-kan: The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908-9.‎, T. Fisher Unwin, OCLC 4711508, page 122:
  A deep bed of this red sandstone occurs at the head of the Yen Shui valley, a few miles south of Ching-pien.
- 1962, Chung-li Chang, “Gentry Functions as a Source of Income”, in The Income of the Chinese Gentry‎, Seattle: University of Washington Press, LCCN 61-11577, OCLC 912962942, page 56:
  On the other hand, poorer districts like Ching-pien, Shensi, complained of difficulty in maintaining one or two shu-yüan properly.
- 1966, Chêng Tê-k'un (鄭徳坤), “Prehistoric China”, in Archaeology in China‎, volume 1, OCLC 883261727, page 104:
  A typical Gobi site has been reported at Hsiao-ch’iao-p’an in Ching-pien, northern Shensi.

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