Guiping
See also: Guìpíng
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Kuei-p'ing
- (dated) Kweiping
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 桂平 (Guìpíng).
Proper noun
Guiping
- A county-level city in Guangxi, China.
- 2016, Lascher, Bill, “"Why Should I Contribute a Little More Trash?"”, in Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two World War II Correspondents and Their Epic Escape Across the Pacific, First edition, William Morrow, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
- Once their boat reached Tai Hong Kwong, a village alongside a sharp bend in the Pearl River north of Kweiping (Guiping), Ka Yik led his American friends down the muddy, narrow streets to a shop belonging to his father.
- 2021 July 15, Westcott, Ben, “Unvaccinated people in parts of China to be denied access to hospitals, parks and schools”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 July 2021:
- In Guangxi, two cities -- Guiping and Beiliu -- both said students would not be allowed to go to school unless both of their parents were fully vaccinated. After vocal opposition on social media, the notices were deleted although it is unclear if the restrictions will still apply.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guiping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1468, column 2
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