chá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cha"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxaː]
Noun
chá n
- The name of the Latin-script letter Ch.
Further reading
- chá in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- chá in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Galician
A view of the A Terra Chá ("the Flat Country"), Lugo, Galicia
Alternative forms
- chan
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/
Noun
chá f (plural chás)
- plain
- mesa; plateau
Derived terms
- Chá
- Chás
- Chan
- Chanciña
- Chans
Adjective
chá f sg
- feminine singular of chan
Derived terms
- Terra Chá
- Terrachá
References
- “chãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “chãa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰa/
Verb
chá
- to need
- must
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- cha (nonstandard)
- ĉá (very rare shorthand)
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Romanization
chá (cha2, Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垞.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 察.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵖.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搽.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 查.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 査.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槎.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檫.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痄.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碴.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秅.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荻.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詧.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍤／锸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𣱱.
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of chá – see 早 (“early; in advance; soon; long ago; for a long time; etc.”). (This character, chá, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 早.) |
Portuguese
chá
Etymology
From Cantonese 茶 (caa4, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃa/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: xá
- Hyphenation: chá
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)
Noun
chá m (plural chás)
- tea plant (Camellia sinensis, a bush whose leaves are used to make tea)
- (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing parts of plants)
- a late afternoon meal
- (slang) any drug made by infusing a substance
Derived terms
- chá preto
- chá verde
Descendants
- → Apalaí: xa
- → Gujarati: ચા (cā)
- → Hunsrik: Scha
- → Nheengatu: xaa
- → Tetum: xá
South Slavey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰá/
Noun
chá
- Fort Liard form of tsá
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37
Tày
Pronunciation
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [caː˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [caː˦]
Etymology 1
From Chinese 價 (MC kˠaH). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣ᩵ᩤ, Lao ຄ່າ (khā), Lü ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Thai ค่า (kâa). Compare Vietnamese cả (as in giá cả).
Noun
chá (價)
- price
- dú chá háng ― market prices
- cúa xằng mí chá
- The products don't have prices yet.
- mác lịch chá cân hả slíp xiên
- The cost for chestnuts will be fifty thousand [dong] per kilo.
Derived terms
- khửn chá
Verb
chá
- to ask for something's price
- chá vài lặm cừa ― to ask for the buffalo's price behind the bushes; to buy a product without knowing its price
- chá ngòi kỉ lai chèn
- Ask how much it costs.
- to bargain
- chá thứ ngòi
- Try bargaining.
Noun
chá
- mount (object on which another object is mounted)
- chá tặt pừn toòng ― mount for basins
- frame
- chá tu ― door frame
Adjective
chá
- not firm; weak; flimsy; frail
- nghé cẩu nảy chá lai dá
- This bridge's so weak already.
- nghé tu chá dá
- The door isn't looking very sturdy.
Adjective
chá
- (before nouns, especially noun phrases with words of number) numerous
- rì chá pác và ― to be several arm spans long
- chá pác chá xiên ― in the hundreds and thousands
Etymology 5
From Chinese 假 (MC kˠaX).
Adjective
chá (假)
- fake; not real
- cúa chá ― fake products
- 保真𱽗欣假
- Bấu chăn rầư hăn chá
- How can one knows whether it's fake when it's not real?
Particle
chá
- (used sentence-finally) that's all; merely; only; just
- bấu khai đảy lẻ au mà chá
- Just pack it home if you can't sell it.
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội