正埠

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	a jetty; port; a city a jetty; port; a city; quay
simp. and trad. (正埠)		正	埠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngbù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ fau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngbù
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: jèng-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqbuh
  - Palladius: чжэнбу (čžɛnbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ fau⁶
  - Yale: jing fauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ feo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɐu̯²²/

Noun

正埠

(historical) a primary city itself, as opposed to synecdochical usage of a city name to refer to a larger region
檀山正埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese] ― taan⁴ saan¹ zing³ fau⁶ [Jyutping] ― Honolulu

雪梨正埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese] ― syut³ lei⁴ zing³ fau⁶ [Jyutping] ― Sydney

舊金山正埠／旧金山正埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese] ― gau⁶ gam¹ saan¹ zing³ fau⁶ [Jyutping] ― San Francisco
- 舊金山正埠中國客商會館公啟 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  旧金山正埠中国客商会馆公启 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1855, in 《遐邇貫珍》 [1]
  gau⁶ gam¹ saan¹ zing³ fau⁶ zung¹ gwok³ haak³ soeng¹ wui⁶ gun² gung¹ kai² [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 本報館在美國金山正埠都板街門牌七百三十四號 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  本报馆在美国金山正埠都板街门牌七百三十四号 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1913, International Chinese Business Directory of the World for the Year 1913 (《萬國寄信便覽》), page 86
  bun² bou³ gun² zoi⁶ mei⁵ gwok³ gam¹ saan¹ zing³ fau⁶ dou¹ baan² gaai¹ mun⁴ paai⁴ cat¹ baak³ saam¹ sap⁶ sei³ hou⁶ [Jyutping]
  Our office is located at 734 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, USA.

See also

大埠 (Dàbù), 二埠 (Èrbù), 三埠 (Sānbù)