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P'i-shan

P'i-shan is the alternative form of Pishan.

Meaning of Pishan

Proper noun

Pishan

  1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • In September 1970, (A-pu-la-chi-i-min), leader of a militia company of the No 12 production brigade of (Yehchin) commune in Pishan County, Sinkiang, sacrificed his life for the safety of eight militiamen during military training.1971 April 28 [1971 April 17], “Sinkiang Militia Hero”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 82, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional...
    Synonyms:
    Guma

Origin of P'i-shan

From Mandarin 皮山 (Píshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻi²-shan¹.

Questions about P'i-shan

What is P'i-shan the alternative form of?
P'i-shan is the alternative form of Pishan.

Words near P'i-shan in the dictionary

  1. P'eng-shui
  2. P'ent'ay
  3. P'i
  4. P'i Hsien
  5. p'i-p'a
  6. P'i-shan
  7. P'ien-kuan
  8. p'in-yin
  9. P'ing-jang
  10. P'ing-lu
  11. P'ing-shun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: P'i-shan (page history and authors); Pishan (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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