chá

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

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃá]

Verb

chá

1. to fool someone

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː/

Noun

chá n

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

Further reading

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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 Galician-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

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chãa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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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 term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 早).

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Portuguese

chá

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 茶 (chá, “tea”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa/
• Homophone: xá

Noun

chá m (plural s)

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
• → Nheengatu: xaa
• → Tetum: xá