Pianguan

• (from Wade–Giles) P'ien-kuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 偏關／偏关 (Piānguān), a clipping of the original name 偏頭關／偏头关 (Piāntóuguān, “Crooked or Isolated Head Pass”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /piənˈɡwɑn/, /pijənˈɡwɑn/

Pianguan

1. Synonym of Piantou, a mountain pass and important gate in Shanxi, China.
2. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
   • 1980, Atlas of Primitive Man in China‎, Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130:

     In 1958 and 1959 in conjunction with the execution of the Huanghe River (Yellow River) Water Conservancy Project, an investigation of paleolithic stone artifacts was conducted along the Huanghe River, from Togtoh County of the Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolian) Autonomous Region in the north to Pianguan County, Shanxi Province in the south, with Lamawan in Qingshuihe County as the center.