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chá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cha"

Czech

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Noun

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chá n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ch/ch.

Further reading

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  • chá in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • chá in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

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A view of the A Terra Chá ("the Flat Country"), Lugo, Galicia

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

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chá f (plural chás)

  1. plain
  2. mesa; plateau

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Adjective

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chá f sg

  1. feminine singular of chan

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chãa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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.

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of chá – see 早 (“early; in advance; soon; long ago; for a long time; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 早).

Khiamniungan Naga

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʃʰa⁵⁵/
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Noun

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chá

  1. (Patsho) foilage; leafage
    Cha nü lütiohva.
    Burn the foliage.

Lashi

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Verb

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chá

  1. to need
  2. must

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Macanese

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chá

Etymology

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Borrowed from Cantonese 茶 (caa4), uncertain whether via Portuguese or later lent to Portuguese.

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Noun

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chá

  1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  2. tea (infusion made with tea leaves)
    chá co sucre ― tea with sugar
    vazâ chá ― to serve tea
    Dâ unga xicra di chá pa iou
    Bring me a cup of tea
  3. any drink made with an infusion of medicinal plants
    chá di hortelám di sopa ― spearmint tea
    chá di pêlo-pê ― infusion to ward off frights (literally, “hair-feet tea”)
    chá di peso ― infusion to protect against indigestion or stomachache (literally, “tea of weight”)
  4. a late afternoon meal
    chá gordo ― festive luncheon served in the late afternoon (literally, “fat tea”)

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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chá (cha2, Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茶
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垞
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 察
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵖
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搽
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 查
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 査
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楁
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槎
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檫
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痄
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碴
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秅
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苳
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茬
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荻
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詧
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍤／锸
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锸
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𣱱

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
 
chá

Etymology

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From Cantonese 茶 (caa4, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

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Noun

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chá m (plural chás)

  1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis, a bush whose leaves are used to make tea)
  2. (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing parts of plants)
  3. a late afternoon meal
  4. (slang) any drug made by infusing a substance

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Apalaí: xa
  • → Gujarati: ચા (cā)
  • → Hunsrik: Scha
  • → Nheengatu: xaa
  • → Spanish: cha / chá (Philippine Spanish)
  • → Tetum: xá

South Slavey

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰá(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: chá

Noun

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chá (stem -chá-)

  1. Fort Liard form of tsá

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of chá (-cháá)
singular plural
1st person secháá naxecháá
2nd person necháá
3rd person 1) — gicháá
2) mecháá gocháá
4th person yecháá
reflexive sp. ɂedecháá kedecháá
unsp. decháá
reciprocal — ɂełecháá
indefinite ɂecháá
areal gocháá
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese 價 (MC kaeH). 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

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chá (價)

  1. 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.
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Verb

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chá

  1. 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.
  2. to bargain
    chá thứ ngòi
    Try bargaining.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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chá

  1. mount (object on which another object is mounted)
    chá tặt pừn toòng ― mount for basins
  2. frame
    chá tu ― door frame

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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chá

  1. 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.

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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chá

  1. (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

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From Chinese 假 (MC kaeX).

Adjective

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chá (假)

  1. 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?

Etymology 6

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Particle

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chá

  1. (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

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  • 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]‎[2][3] (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]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
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