Shar-Pei
[ shahr-pey ]
/ ˈʃɑrˈpeɪ /
noun
one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
Origin of Shar-Pei
< dialectal Chinese, equivalent to Chinese
shā pí literally, sand fur (compare Guangdong dial.
sā péi); E spelling with
r perhaps r-less speaker's representation of the vowel
British Dictionary definitions for shar pei
Shar Pei
/ (ʃɑː ˈpeɪ) /
noun
a compact squarely-built dog of a Chinese breed, with loose wrinkled skin and a harsh bristly coat
Word Origin for Shar Pei
C20: from Chinese
shā pí, literally: sand skin