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Shar-Pei

American  
[shahr-pey] / ˈʃɑrˈpeɪ /

noun

  1. 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.

Shar Pei British  
/ ʃɑː ˈpeɪ /

noun

  1. a compact squarely-built dog of a Chinese breed, with loose wrinkled skin and a harsh bristly coat

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Etymology

Origin of Shar-Pei

First recorded in 1975–80; from dialectal Chinese, equivalent to Chinese shā pí literally, “sand fur” (compare Guangdong dialect sā péi ); English spelling with r perhaps r-less speaker's representation of the vowel

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