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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Wai Wu Pu

/wī wo͞o po͞o/ · IPA
01 The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.
  1. 1.
    The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.
    “The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the Wai Wu Pu, . . . with precedence before all other boards.” — J. Scott Keltie.