Cha-pu

See also: Chapu, chápu, and chápù

English

Alternative forms

• Chapu

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ) Wade-Giles romanization: Cha⁴-pʻu³.

Proper noun

Cha-pu

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Zhapu.
   • 1975, Han-sheng Chuan, Richard A. Kraus, Mid-Chʻing Rice Markets and Trade: An Essay in Price History‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:

     One route to Shanghai went via river and canal, and the second was to Cha-pu (in Chekiang) which at the time evidently stood at the mouth of a river directly connecting the Grand Canal below Soochow with the sea. Ts’ai also seems to indicate that the trade via Cha-pu was the larger, since it is there, he advises, the needed grain should be purchased.¹³ The impression that the Cha-pu route was the dominant one is further strengthened by an earlier report in 1706 that Cha-pu was the port for shipment of rice out of Soochow to Fukien.¹⁴

Anagrams

• Pa-ch'u, chupa