K'ai-p'ing

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kaiping. alt-of, alternative

    "When in the summer of 1944 the Japanese advanced to take the districts of T'ai-shan and San-shui, the county of K'ai-p'ing was menaced. The Chinese army had retreated, but the two tsu of Szu-t'u and Kuan organized themselves to fight for their homes."

Example

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"When in the summer of 1944 the Japanese advanced to take the districts of T'ai-shan and San-shui, the county of K'ai-p'ing was menaced. The Chinese army had retreated, but the two tsu of Szu-t'u and Kuan organized themselves to fight for their homes."

Etymology

From Mandarin 開平 /开平 (Kāipíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻai¹-pʻing².

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