埠

Glyph origin
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Etymology
A late formation. Earlier forms of southern Chinese toponyms using the character were often written with the homophone in historical records dated from the  to  dynasties, which has been conjectured to be a transcription of an earlier  word. Cf. .

Definitions

 * 1) pier; wharf; dock
 * 2) port city
 * 3) commercial or trading port
 * 4) city; town

Usage notes

 *  proscribes the use of the pronunciations  and.
 * Historically used as a suffix for many foreign port cities, such usage is now obsolete and replaced with.