Zhubei

See also: zhùbèi and zhǔbèi

English

Alternative forms

• Chupei (Wade–Giles)
• Jhubei (Tongyong Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 竹北 (Zhúběi).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞oʹbāʹ

Proper noun

Zhubei

1. A city in and county seat of Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan.
   • 2022 August 14, Kang-chun Lu, Matthew Mazzettta, “Migrant worker allegedly kills girlfriend after failed marriage proposal”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2022, Society‎^[2]:

     A migrant worker from the Philippines was arrested in Zhubei early Sunday on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend after she rejected his marriage proposal, according to the Hsinchu County Police Bureau.

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Hakka: 竹北 (Chuk-pet)

  Hokkien: 竹北 (Tek-pak)

  Mandarin: 竹北 (zh) (Zhúběi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Zhubei, Jhubei, Chupei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.