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