chanpuru

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noun

An Okinawan stir-fry dish, generally of tofu combined with a vegetable, meat, or fish.

OriginJapanese チャンプルー ← Okinawan ちゃんぷるー ← Malay campur →
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Meanings

nounchanpuru (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn Okinawan stir-fry dish, generally of tofu combined with a vegetable, meat, or fish.

    The smell of the pig indicated that it would make many flavourful dishes; a nice chanpuru with bitter goya and cubes of golden fried tofu cured in ocean water; a stewed dish of rajuti in awamori and soy spiced with ginger; […]

    2007, Darcy Tamayose, Odori: A Novel, page 83

Origin

  1. Malaycampur“to mix”
  2. Okinawanちゃんぷるー
  3. Japaneseチャンプルー
  4. Englishchanpuru

Borrowed from Japanese チャンプルー (chanpurū), from Okinawan ちゃんぷるー (chanpurū), from Malay campur (“to mix”).

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APA

chanpuru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanpuru

MLA

“chanpuru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanpuru. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chanpuru,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanpuru.

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