P'eng-hu

See also: Penghu and Pénghú

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 澎湖 (Pénghú) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng²-hu².

Proper noun

P'eng-hu

1. Alternative form of Penghu
   • 1998, Jeffrey E. Curry, Passport Taiwan‎^[1], World Trade Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 26:

     The major island group, Pʹeng-hu, is devoted to fishing. (The Portuguese called them the Pescadores or Fishermen Islands.) This small archipelago was the point of entry of most of the Portuguese, Dutch, French and Japanese invasions. Because of the continued threat, Taiwan maintains numerous military installations on these islands as well as on others located in the strait between Pʻeng-hu and the mainland.

   • 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎^[2], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page xi:

     To truly complete the journey and discover the roots of Taiwan’s southern Min majority one would have to travel to the P’eng-hu islands (Pescadores) and then still farther west to the shores of southern Fukien and the cities and towns along the province’s east-facing coast, which is where new history of Taiwan begins.

   • 2011, Lingzhen Wang, editor, Chinese Women's Cinema‎^[3], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 142:

     The Strait Story employs a parallel narrative structure that depicts the life stories of artist Huang Ch'ing-ch'eng, who was born in P'eng-hu during the time of the Japanese occupation, and contemporary art restorer Hsiu-hisu, who grows interested in Huang Ch'ing-ch'eng's work and is drawn to uncover the details of his life (fig. 5.2).

Translations

Penghu — see Penghu

Further reading

• “P'eng-hu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “P'eng-hu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.