浦東

Chinese

		riverbank	east
trad. (浦東)		浦	東
simp. (浦东)		浦	东

Etymology

From its position east of the Huangpu River (黃浦江/黄浦江).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Pǔdōng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² dung¹ / pou⁴ dung¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phu-ton

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Pǔdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Pǔdong
  - Wade–Giles: Pʻu³-tung¹
  - Yale: Pǔ-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Puudong
  - Palladius: Пудун (Pudun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² dung¹ / pou⁴ dung¹
  - Yale: póu dūng / pòuh dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² dung¹ / pou⁴ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² dung¹ / pou⁴ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰou̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phu-ton
  - MiniDict: phu^去 ton
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phu-ton
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰu³³ toŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

浦東

(～新區) Pudong (a subprovincial district and state-level new area in Shanghai, China)

See also

浦西 (Pǔxī)