Pengshui

Peng·shui
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proper noun

A Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun

alternative P'eng-shui

  1. A Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

    Kweiyang is said to have fallen November 14 as did Pengshui in southeast Szechuan to inferior Communist forces.

    1949 November 15, Strong, “The Chargé in China (Strong) to the Secretary of State”, in Foreign Relations of the United States 1949, volume VII, Chungking: Government Printing Office, published 1978, →OCLC, page 596
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    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.

    2012 [2008 February 19], Xiaobo Liu, “Imprisoning People for Words and the Power of Public Opinion”, in Louisa Chiang, transl., No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems, Belknap Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 211

    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.

    2020 August 21, Linette Lai, “China's top diplomat calls on PM Lee Hsien Loong and DPM Heng Swee Keat during visit”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2020

Origin

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 彭水 (Péngshuǐ).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 彭水
  • 彭水 (paang⁴ seoi²)Miao and Tujia autonomous county
Chinese Mandarin 彭水
  • 彭水 (Péngshuǐ)Miao and Tujia autonomous county
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APA

Pengshui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pengshui

MLA

“Pengshui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pengshui. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pengshui,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pengshui.

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