Zhabei
Syllables: Zha·bei
Zhabei proper noun: a former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
Proper noun
Zhabei
- A former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
- On the waterfront, just outside the foreign settlements, the streets swarmed with filth-ridden beggars and coolies. Half an hour by car from the centre of the city lay the ruins of the Chinese suburb Cha-pei.[1982 [1975], Otto Braun, “Shanghai, 1932–1933”, in Jeanne Moore, transl., Chinesische Aufzeichnungen (1932-1939) 一个共产国际顾问在中国 [A Comintern Agent in China 1932-1939], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford...
- Shanghai Railroad station, West Tianmu Road, Zhabei District, Shanghai
The lady who's in charge of the money pot told me that most of the people who work in the toilets are paid about 1,200 RMB (€127) each month. It's less than the average wage in China (€200), but it's not bad.
The toilet is...2008 December 16, Xiaodong Du, “Shanghai's public toilets make pots of money”, in France 24, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015
Forms of Zhabei
| alternative form | Chapei |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Cha-pei |
Origin of Zhabei
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.
Questions about Zhabei
- What does Zhabei mean?
- Zhabei means a former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
- What part of speech is Zhabei?
- Zhabei is a proper noun.
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