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Puxi
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puxi Pǔxī
English
thumb|right|300px|A map of the districts commonly understood as comprising Puxi
Alternative forms
obsolete en P'u-hsi
Etymology
The atonal en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 浦西 Pǔxī West Bank, derived from its position west of the Huangpu River.
Pronunciation
po͞o′shē′
en Pu xi
Proper noun
en The central <<area>> of <<mun/Shanghai>>, <<c/China>>, particularly Huangpu District.
en 6 December 1994 Richard Warren Territory 'model' for Shanghai w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20210621150117/https://www.scmp.com/article/98854/territory-model-shanghai https://www.scmp.com/article/98854/territory-model-shanghai June 21, 2021 1563-9371 648902513 Shanghai's Puxi district, on the west bank of the Huangpu River, could become the focus for the city's financial community, like Central.There are 10 areas within Puxi, the most famous of which is Huangpu. It accommodates the Bund, the traditional commercial hub of Shanghai.
en June 2, 2004 Alexandra A. Seno DOING BUSINESS : Shanghai seizes the gilded, glitzy day w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20240210040911/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/02/style/doing-business-shanghai-seizes-the-gilded-glitzy-day.html February 10, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/02/style/doing-business-shanghai-seizes-the-gilded-glitzy-day.html 0362-4331 1645522 Style Where just 20 years ago there were rice paddies, now stands the new and ultramodern Pudong financial district and its imposing office towers. On Puxi, across the river, is the Bund, a collection of stately Art Deco buildings from the 1920s and '30s that call to mind old parts of New York or London. Before the 1949 Communist revolution, the buildings housed the headquarters of international banks and trading companies.
en MARCH 29, 2022 REFILE-In China's Wall Street, bankers and traders sleep in offices to beat Shanghai COVID lockdown https://web.archive.org/web/20220430110340/https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-trading-idCNL2N2VW0FB 30 April 2022 w:Reuters zh:公司新闻(英文) An executive at a foreign bank in Shanghai, who declined to be identified, said his bank is on a hybrid working model, with some staff working and sleeping at a backup office in Puxi, in the western side of the city, while some others staying in a trading room in Pudong.
Paronyms
en pushy, en pussy
Translations
area of Shanghai, China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 浦西
Mandarin: cmn 浦西 Pǔxī
See also
en Pudong
Further reading
Puxi, P'u-hsi, Pu-hsi, Puhsi