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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 彭水 (Péngshuǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng²-shui³.
Proper noun
P'eng-shui
- Alternative form of Pengshui
1899, E. H. Parker, “Nan-ch‘uan and the Kung-t‘an River”, in Up the Yang-tse, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, →OCLC, page 146:The roads to Kung-t‘an on the frontier, and to P‘êng-shui Hien, two places about equidistant from Wu-ch‘uan, both pass Chên-nan Ch‘iao, a small market hamlet 60 li from the city.