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P'u-t'ien

P'u-t'ien is the alternative form of Putian.

Meaning of Putian

Proper noun

Putian

  1. A prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.
    • Since we mainly rely on shipping grain into southern Fujian by sea, we could construct modern docks and warehouses for grain at the ports of Xiamen, Jinzhou, Xiaocuo, and Putian Xiuyu, and organize a special shipping brigade to transport grain in, and to ship out cane sugar, fruits, aquatic...1987 February 3 [1986 July 5], Zhiqin Wang, Wang Yang, “SOLVING FUJIAN'S GRAIN PROBLEM: "The Crux of the Grain Problem in Fujian and How To Deal With It"”, in China Report Economic Affairs, volume...
    Synonyms:
    Henghua, Hinghwa, Xinghua

Origin of P'u-t'ien

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 莆田 (Pútián), Wade-Giles romanization: Pʻu²-tʻien².

Questions about P'u-t'ien

What is P'u-t'ien the alternative form of?
P'u-t'ien is the alternative form of Putian.

Words near P'u-t'ien in the dictionary

  1. p'tater
  2. p'taters
  3. p'tcha
  4. P'town
  5. P'u-k'ou
  6. P'u-t'ien
  7. p'u-t'ung-hua
  8. P'u-tung
  9. P'u-yang
  10. P'urhépecha
  11. p(doom)

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Adapted from Wiktionary: P'u-t'ien (page history and authors); Putian (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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