沛县

沛縣
Pèixiàn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Pei County, in Xuzhou, northwestern Jiangsu, where Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty, rose in revolt

Examples

HSK 4
Pèixiàn zài Jiāngsū běibù.
Pei County is in northern Jiangsu.
HSK 6
Liú Bāng zài Pèixiàn qǐbīng, suǒyǐ rénmen jiào tā Pèigōng.
Liu Bang rose in revolt in Pei County, so people called him the Lord of Pei.

Tips

history
刘邦 was born in Feng, which then belonged to Pei and is now the neighbouring 丰县. Visiting in 195 BC as emperor, he feasted the elders of Pei and sang 大风歌; the Gefeng Terrace in the county marks the spot.
culture
Several of the men who helped him found the Han came from Pei, among them the general 樊哙, who had been a dog butcher in the town.

Stroke Order

沛 pèi
县 xiàn