黄浦江

Traditional form:

黃浦江

Pinyin (reading):

Huángpǔ Jiāng

Definitions:

• Huangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西 ( Pǔxī) (west of the river) and Pudong 浦東／浦东 ( Pǔdōng) (east of the river)

Characters:

• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 浦 - beach, shore, river bank; surname
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname

Traditional characters:

• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 浦 - beach, shore, river bank; surname
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname