Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pengshui

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Peng-shui
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

Example Sentences

"Kweiyang is said to have fallen November 14 as did Pengshui in southeast Szechuan to inferior Communist forces."
"In August 2006, Qin Zhongfei, a clerk in the Personnel Department of the Education Committee of the Pengshui County government, in the municipality of Chongqing, wrote a poem set to the rhyming scheme of “Springtime Seeping through a Fragrant Garden” in which he satirized county officials."
"Dr Balakrishnan said in a separate post that both leaders had a fruitful discussion on bilateral relations, and discussed regional and global developments in a post-coronavirus world. They also witnessed a cheque presentation ceremony for a charity project initiated by the Singaporean community in China to help alleviate poverty in Chongqing's Pengshui County."

Etymology

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 彭水 (Péngshuǐ).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

P'eng-shui (alternative)

Questions

What does pengshui mean?: A Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Chongqing, China.
Where does pengshui come from?: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 彭水 (Péngshuǐ).

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