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chap lau chus

chap lau chus is the plural of chap lau chu.

Meaning of chap lau chu

Noun

chap lau chu (plural chap lau chus or chap lau chu)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) A ten-storey housing flat built by the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s (now mostly vacated).
    • Now empty, Singapore's chap lau chu in Commonwealth are the highlight of a quirky showcase… A group of recent Nanyang Technological University (NTU) graduates have zoomed in on the chap lau chu, Singapore's first 10-storey flats, built in 1962 by the Housing Board in Commonwealth Drive. … While the...2014 July 6, Kezia Toh, “Ghost town in Commonwealth Drive comes alive”, in The Straits Times (Singapore), archived from the original on 08 Nov 2016

Questions about chap lau chus

What is chap lau chus the plural of?
Chap lau chus is the plural of chap lau chu.

Words near chap lau chus in the dictionary

  1. Chaozhou
  2. chap
  3. chap chye
  4. Chap laps
  5. chap lau chu
  6. chap lau chus
  7. chap someone's hide
  8. chap-hop
  9. chap-jee-kee
  10. chap-ji-kee
  11. chap-ji-ki

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