屏东 (Píngdōng): Pingtung (city and county at the southern tip of Taiwan)

Meanings

1 Pingtung (city and county at the southern tip of Taiwan)

Characters

屏

Examples

屏东在台湾的最南端。

Píngdōng zài Táiwān de zuì nán duān.

Pingtung is at the southernmost tip of Taiwan.

我们去屏东垦丁玩了三天。

Wǒmen qù Píngdōng Kěndīng wán le sān tiān.

We spent three days in Kenting, Pingtung.

Tips

culture

屏东县 is Taiwan's tropical southern county — home to 垦丁国家公园 (Kenting National Park), mango orchards, and 恒春 (the setting of the 2008 film 《海角七号》). The name means 'east of 半屏山' (Banping Mountain in Kaohsiung), reflecting that before 1920 the area was called 阿猴.

register

In mainland texts 屏东 is almost always paired with 台湾 or used as part of 屏东县; by itself the character combination is rare elsewhere.