Chapu

See also: chápu, Cha-pu, and chápù

English

Etymology

An unhyphenated variant of the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ, “sudden bank”)

Proper noun

Chapu

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Zhapu.
    • 1950 January 24, “CHINESE COAST SHELLED; Nationalist Ships Hit Chapu, 45 Miles South of Shanghai”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 August 2025, page 10‎[2]:
      Nationalist Ships Hit Chapu, 45 Miles South of Shanghai

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