Penglai
See also: Pénglái and P'eng-lai
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) P'eng-lai
Etymology
A romanization of Mandarin 蓬萊／蓬莱 (Pénglái)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛŋ.laɪ/
Proper noun
Penglai
- A district of Yantai, in eastern Shandong, China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island.
- 1956 August, Army Operations in China January 1944 - August 1945, Eighth United States Army, page 210:
- Should the enemy land in the Penglai area (northeastern part of Shantung Peninsula) part of the 12th Independent Garrison Unit will oppose it.
- 1996, Cao, Guanlong, “Pigs' Heads”, in Guanlong Cao; Nancy Moskin, transl., The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son, University of California Press, →ISBN, LCCN 95-38541, OCLC 924910505, page 59:
- In 1956 the government deprivatized all small businesses. The Penglai District collectivized the pig's head meat sellers into one production team.
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- A mythical Chinese paradise located in the eastern seas and populated with Taoist immortals.
Synonyms
- (district): Tengchow / Teng-chou / Dengzhou (obsolete), Penglai City (legal)
- (mythical island): Penglai Island, Mount Penglai, Penglai Mountain
Translations
district; mystical paradise
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See also
- Horai, the Japanese development of the Chinese legend
Anagrams
- apeling, leaping, pealing, pleaing