Qingpu

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) Ching-pu, Tsingpu === Etymology === The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青浦 (Qīngpǔ, literally “Verdant Bank”), a 1542 combination of the name of 青龍 / 青龙 (Qīnglóng), the principal local town at the time, and 浦 (pǔ, literally “riverbank”) after the many streams flowing into the Wusong River (now Suzhou Creek) in the area. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪŋpu/ enPR: chĭng′po͞o′ Hyphenation: Qing‧pu === Proper noun === Qingpu A district of Shanghai, China. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “Qingpu, Ch'ing-p'u, Ching-pu, Ch'ingp'u, Chingpu, Tsingpu”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qingpu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2547, column 1