chá

See also: cha, CHA, chà, chā, chả, chǎ, -cha, and -chá

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː/

Noun

chá n

1. 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

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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)

1. plain
2. mesa; plateau

Derived terms

• Chá
• Chás
• Chan
• Chanciña
• Chans

Adjective

chá f sg

1. feminine singular of chan

Derived terms

• Terra Chá
• Terrachá

References

• “chãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chãa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰa/

Verb

chá

1. to need
2. to must

References

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

chá (Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)

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

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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.)

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Portuguese

chá

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa/
• Homophone: xá

Noun

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 substance

Derived terms

• chá preto
• chá verde

Descendants

• → Apalaí: xa
• → Gujarati: ચા (cā)
• → Hunsrik: Scha
• → Nhengatu: xaa
• → Tetum: xá