浦西

Pǔxī

proper noun

Meanings

1 Puxi, the part of Shanghai west of the Huangpu River

Characters

the Huangpu River; riverside

Examples

HSK 4

我住在浦西，每天过江去浦东上班。

Wǒ zhù zài Pǔxī, měi tiān guò jiāng qù Pǔdōng shàngbān.

I live in Puxi and cross the river to Pudong for work every day.

HSK 7-9

外滩和南京路都在浦西，是老上海的中心。

Wàitān hé Nánjīng Lù dōu zài Pǔxī, shì lǎo Shànghǎi de zhōngxīn.

The Bund and Nanjing Road are both in Puxi, the heart of old Shanghai.

Tips

usage

浦 is the 黄浦江: 浦东 lies east of it and 浦西 west. Before Pudong was built up in the 1990s, people said 宁要浦西一张床，不要浦东一间房, "better a bed in Puxi than a flat in Pudong".

Stroke Order

浦 pǔ

西 xī