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Huangpu¹

Where it comes from

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃浦 /黄浦 (Huángpǔ, literally “Yellow Bank”), a clipping of 黃歇浦 /黄歇浦 (Huáng Xiē pǔ, literally “Huang Xie Bank”), named in honor of Lord Chunshen, a statesman of the Kingdom of Chu during the Warring States Era closely associated with Songjiang and Shanghai.

proper noun Whangpoo · Whampoa

  1. A tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China. Shang-hai, situated 31°14'7" lat. N. and 121029' long. E., stretches nearly 10 miles along the l. bank of the Huang-p’u, on the opposite bank of which stands the suburb of P’u-tung.
  2. A district of Shanghai, China.

Huangpu²

Where it comes from

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃埔 /黄埔 (Huángpǔ).

proper noun Whangpoo · Whampoa

  1. A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. An explosion hit an oil refinery in Guangzhou, in the Guangdong province in South China early on Thursday, triggering a fire, the Hong Kong Free Press reported. According to the report, the blast occurred in an industrial zone in Huangpu district and no casualties have been reported.

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name river; district

中文黃浦 /黄浦 Huángpǔ

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"Huangpu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/huangpu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Huangpu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/huangpu

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"Huangpu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/huangpu.

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@misc{huangpu_2026,
  title = {Huangpu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/huangpu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}