chao

See also: Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, chào, chão, chảo, chạo, and cha0

Galician

Alternative forms

• chan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao̯/, /ˈt͡ʃaw/

Noun

chao m (plural chaos)

1. plain, plateau; ground. Alternative form of chan

Derived terms

• Chao

Adjective

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

1. flat. Alternative form of chan

References

• “chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chao” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “chan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

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Etymology

From Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃao/

Interjection

chao

1. bye

Antonyms

• hola

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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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• chau

Etymology

From Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/

Interjection

chao

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

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Swahili

Adjective

chao

1. Ki class inflected form of -ao.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caːw˧˧]

Noun

chao

1. pickled tofu

Verb

chao

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