Zhabei

See also: Zháběi

English

Zhabei District in Shanghai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) 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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jäʹbāʹ

Proper noun

Zhabei

1. (historical) A former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
   • 2008 December 16, Xiaodong Du, “Shanghai's public toilets make pots of money”, in France 24‎^[2], archived from the original on 10 September 2015‎^[3]:

     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 managed by Amenities Authority under Zhabei District (Shanghai) local government, so excluding maintenance costs, the rest of the money turns into government revenue."

Translations

Former district of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閘北 / 闸北 (Zháběi)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhabei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3561, column 2