平谷 (Píng gǔ) — Pinggu (a district of Beijing)

Definition

noun

Pinggu (a district of Beijing)

平谷。
Wǒ qù nián qù le Píng gǔ kàn táo huā.
I went to Pinggu last year to see the peach blossoms.
平谷。
Píng gǔ De táo zi hěn yǒu míng.
Pinggu's peaches are very famous.
平谷。
Cóng běi jīng zuò chē dào Píng gǔ dà yuē xū yào liǎng xiǎo shí.
It takes about two hours by car from Beijing to Pinggu.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is uncertain. One explanation combines 八 (division) and 亏 (exhaled air) to show smooth speech.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 谷 comes from a picture of a valley: an opening between two near-parallel lines for mountain walls.