Fuping

English

Alternative forms

• Fu-p'ing (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 阜平 (Fùpíng).

Proper noun

Fuping

1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
   • 2013 January 26, Andrew Jacobs, “Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 January 2013, Asia Pacific, page 1‎^[2]:

     Indeed, given China’s rampant corruption, another big question surrounding the antipoverty campaign, announced a few days after Mr. Xi’s visit, is how much of the additional $40 million that provincial authorities will funnel to Luotuowan and other villages in the surrounding county of Fuping next year will actually reach those in need.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阜平 (zh) (Fùpíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 富平 (Fùpíng).

Proper noun

Fuping

1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1976, John Israel, Donald W. Klein, Rebels and Bureaucrats: China's December 9ers‎^[4], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Under an invitation from Kuan and Second Front Army Commander Ho Lung, the two young men visited troops at Chuangli, Fuping, on their way home.

   • 2014 January 14, Michael Martina, “China doctor gets suspended death sentence for trafficking newborn babies”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on May 31, 2024, World:

     Zhang Shuxia, 55, an obstetrician in north-western Shaanxi province's Fuping county, was found guilty of selling the babies for as much as 21,600 yuan $3,600 (2,195 pounds) each between 2011 and 2013, the court in Weinan city said.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富平 (zh) (Fùpíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2