English Explanatory Dictionary

Zhabei

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.

Pronunciation

jäʹbāʹ

Word forms

Zhabei Chapei Cha-pei

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 閘北 /闸北 (Zháběi, literally “area north of the sluices”), named after its position relative to two canal sluices constructed during the middle of the Qing dynasty.

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