CP

See also: cp, Cp, cp., čp., č. p., and C/P

Translingual

Symbol

CP

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Clipperton Island.

   Synonym: CPT (alpha-3)

Usage notes

• This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the International Telecommunication Union for the purpose of recording the location of certain telecommunications installations, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Adjective

CP (not comparable)

1. Initialism of copy-protected.

Noun

CP (countable and uncountable, plural CPs)

1. Initialism of cyberpunk.
2. Initialism of corporal punishment.
3. Initialism of custodial parent.
4. (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
5. (UK) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
6. (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
   1. (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
7. Initialism of cerebral palsy.
8. (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
9. (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
10. (military) Initialism of command post.
11. (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
12. (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
13. (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
14. (dated) Initialism of colored people.
15. Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
16. (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
17. (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
18. (computing) Initialism of codepage.
19. (video games) Initialism of computer player.
20. (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
21. (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
22. (UK politics) Initialism of command paper. [from 2019]

Proper noun

CP

1. Initialism of Canadian Press.
2. Initialism of Canadian Pacific.
3. Initialism of Communist Party.

Translations

Canadian Press

• French: PC (fr)

Communist Party

• Greek: ΚΚ (KK)

Anagrams

• PC, p.c., pc, pc.

Chinese

Alternative forms

• cp

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese CP (kapu), from English coupling.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīpī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ pi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīpī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sipi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pʻi¹
    • Yale: syī-pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shipi
    • Palladius: сипи (sipi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ pi¹
    • Yale: sī pī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ pi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ pi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

CP

1. (neologism, slang) romantic couple (Classifier: 對／对)
2. (ACG) cosplay partner; character pairing

   自古紅藍出CP／自古红蓝出CP  ―  zìgǔ hóng lán chū CP  ―  Character pairs in anime are usually in red and blue.

3. (Taiwan) cost/performance ratio; price/quality ratio

   CP值高  ―  CP zhí gāo  ―  cost/performance value is high; good bang for the buck

Compounds

• 嗑CP

Finnish

Etymology

From English CP.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːpeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːpe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eːpeː

Noun

CP

1. Cerebral palsy.

Synonyms

• CP-vamma

Derived terms

compounds

• CP-lapsi

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠pɯ̟]

Noun

CP(カプ) • (kapu) 

1. short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) shipping”)

Verb

CP(カプ)する • (kapu suru) suru (stem CP(カプ)し (kapu shi), past CP(カプ)した (kapu shita))

1. short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) to ship”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "CPする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	CPし	カプし	kapu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	CPし	カプし	kapu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	CPする	カプする	kapu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	CPする	カプする	kapu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	CPすれ	カプすれ	kapu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	CPせよ¹ CPしろ²	カプせよ¹ カプしろ²	kapu seyo¹ kapu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	CPされる	カプされる	kapu sareru
Causative	CPさせる CPさす	カプさせる カプさす	kapu saseru kapu sasu
Potential	CPできる	カプできる	kapu dekiru
Volitional	CPしよう	カプしよう	kapu shiyō
Negative	CPしない	カプしない	kapu shinai
Negative continuative	CPせず	カプせず	kapu sezu
Formal	CPします	カプします	kapu shimasu
Perfective	CPした	カプした	kapu shita
Conjunctive	CPして	カプして	kapu shite
Hypothetical conditional	CPすれば	カプすれば	kapu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Latin

Adverb

CP

1. initialism of cum privilegio, with privilege.

Portuguese

Proper noun

CP f

1. initialism of Comboios de Portugal

Swedish

Noun

CP

1. alternative form of cp (“cerebral palsy”)

Usage notes

Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) recommends cp over CP

References

• “CP”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “CP”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)