Pingcheng

• (from Wade–Giles) P'ing-ch'eng

From Mandarin 平城 (Píngchéng).

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/, /-t͡ʃʌŋ/

Pingcheng

1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
   • 1970, Grousset, René, Naomi Walford, transl., The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia‎, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127:

     The founder of the Han dynasty, the emperor Kao-ti, hastened to the scene, drove back the Hsiung-nu, but was then blockaded by them on the Paiteng plateau near Pingcheng, in the present-day district of Tatung, on the frontiers of Shansi.

   • 2020 October 10, Su, Jiede, “In Datong, a Crumbling Legacy of China’s Most Extreme Urban Makeover”, in Sixth Tone‎, archived from the original on 11 October 2020‎:

     Located about 250 kilometers west of Beijing, Datong is a small city by Chinese standards: Currently, Pingcheng District, which covers most of Datong proper, has 807,000 residents. But the city’s people could take pride in Datong’s rich coal seams and richer history.