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Chapei

Chapei is the dated form of Zhabei.

Meaning of Zhabei

Proper noun

Zhabei

  1. (historical) A former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
    • On the waterfront, just outside the foreign settlements, the streets swarmed with filth-ridden beggars and coolies. Half an hour by car from the centre of the city lay the ruins of the Chinese suburb Cha-pei.[1982 [1975], Otto Braun, “Shanghai, 1932–1933”, in Jeanne Moore, transl., Chinesische Aufzeichnungen (1932-1939) 一个共产国际顾问在中国 [A Comintern Agent in China 1932-1939], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford...

Questions about Chapei

What is Chapei the dated form of?
Chapei is the dated form of Zhabei.

Words near Chapei in the dictionary

  1. chapeaugraphy
  2. chapeaus
  3. chapeaux
  4. chapeaux-bras
  5. chaped
  6. Chapei
  7. Chapek
  8. Chapeks
  9. chapel
  10. Chapel Allerton
  11. Chapel and Hill Chorlton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chapei (page history and authors); Zhabei (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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