chao

See also: Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, chào, chão, chảo, and chạo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin planus (“flat”).

Alternative forms

• chan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaʊ̯], [ˈt͡ʃaw]

Noun

chao m (plural chaos)

1. Alternative form of chan (“plain, plateau; ground”)

Derived terms

• Chao

Adjective

chao (feminine chá, masculine plural chaos, feminine plural chás)

1. Alternative form of chan (“flat”)
2. absolutely

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), possibly through Argentinian Spanish. Doublet of escravo and eslavo.

Alternative forms

• chau

Interjection

chao

1. (colloquial) bye, goodbye

   Synonym: abur

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chan”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

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Alternative forms

• chau

Etymology

Borrowed from French tchao, German tschau, Italian ciao, Spanish chau (but only in the sense of "goodbye").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/

Interjection

chao

1. (neologism, often informal) goodbye

   Synonyms: adio, til rivido, til

   Antonyms: saluto, hola

Mandarin

Romanization

chao

1. Nonstandard spelling of chāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cháo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chào.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chau

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of esclavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/ [ˈt͡ʃa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: cha‧o

Interjection

chao

1. (Latin America, some parts of Spain) bye, goodbye

Further reading

• “chao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

chao

1. ki class_(VII) inflected form of -ao

Vietnamese

chao

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caːw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From a form of Hokkien 醬 / 酱 (chiùⁿ) (SV: tương). Compare Thai เต้าเจี้ยว (dtâo-jîao), Lao ເຕົ້າຈ້ຽວ (taochiāu), Malay taoco, taucu. Doublet of tương.

Noun

chao • (洲)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) fermented bean curd

   Synonym: đậu phụ nhự

Etymology 2

Compare Halang chiao.

Verb

chao • (洲)

1. to glide (in the air)

Derived terms

• chao đảo
• chao liệng
• chao lượn

Anagrams

• choa