Chapu

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A form of Zhapu — A town in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay and important under the Qing as a port and military garrison.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of Zhapu.

    Nationalist Ships Hit Chapu, 45 Miles South of Shanghai

    1950 January 24, “CHINESE COAST SHELLED; Nationalist Ships Hit Chapu, 45 Miles South of Shanghai”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2025, page 10

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Chapu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chapu

MLA

“Chapu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chapu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chapu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chapu.

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