Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chapu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cha-pu
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Zhapu.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Nationalist Ships Hit Chapu, 45 Miles South of Shanghai"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does chapu mean?: Alternative form of Zhapu.
Where does chapu come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce chapu

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