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Penglai

Syllables: Peng·lai/pɛŋ.laɪ/

Penglai proper noun: 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.

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
    • Born in Penglai, on the coast of Shandong, in 1888, Miss Pruitt grew up in an inland village where for many years hers was the only Western family.1985 August 11, Robert D. McFadden, “IDA PRUITT, 96, WHO FOSTERED FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CHINESE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 1, page 36
  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

Examples of Penglai in a sentence

  • The Penglai District collectivized the pig's head meat sellers into one production team.1996, Guanlong Cao, “Pigs' Heads”, in Guanlong Cao, Nancy Moskin, transl., The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son, University of...
  • 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.n.d., “The Palaces and Gate Towers of Penglai”, in Smithsonian Institution, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025:

Synonyms of Penglai

Forms of Penglai

alternative formP'eng-lai

Origin of Penglai

A romanization of Mandarin 蓬萊 /蓬莱 (Pénglái)

Phrases with Penglai

Words that rhyme with Penglai

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Questions about Penglai

What does Penglai mean?
Penglai means 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.
How do you use Penglai in a sentence?
The Penglai District collectivized the pig's head meat sellers into one production team.
What part of speech is Penglai?
Penglai is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Penglai?
Penglai is pronounced /pɛŋ.laɪ/.

Words near Penglai in the dictionary

  1. pengest
  2. Penghu
  3. penghulu
  4. penghulus
  5. Pengjia
  6. Penglai
  7. Penglai City
  8. Penglai Island
  9. Penglai Mountain
  10. Penglish
  11. pengo

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