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P'eng-lai

P'eng-lai is the alternative form of Penglai.

Meaning of Penglai

Proper noun

Penglai

  1. 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.
    • Should the enemy land in the Penglai area (northeastern part of Shantung Peninsula) part of the 12th Independent Garrison Unit will oppose it.1956 August, Army Operations in China January 1944 - August 1945, Eighth United States Army, page 210
  2. A mythical Chinese paradise located in the eastern seas and populated with Taoist immortals.
    • The paradise of Penglai is one of the mythological islands that are located in the ocean east of China and inhabited by Daoist deities and immortals. Full of towering peaks, mysterious caves, and gushing waterfalls--and closely associated with the quest for physical immortality--Penglai was the...n.d., “The Palaces and Gate Towers of Penglai”, in Smithsonian Institution, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025

Origin of P'eng-lai

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 蓬萊 /蓬莱 (Pénglái) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻeng²-lai².

Questions about P'eng-lai

What is P'eng-lai the alternative form of?
P'eng-lai is the alternative form of Penglai.

Words near P'eng-lai in the dictionary

  1. p'd off
  2. p'ee
  3. p'ees
  4. P'eng
  5. P'eng-hu
  6. P'eng-lai
  7. P'eng-shui
  8. P'ent'ay
  9. P'i
  10. P'i Hsien
  11. p'i-p'a

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Adapted from Wiktionary: P'eng-lai (page history and authors); Penglai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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