chao

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• chan

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-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 (feminine chá, masculine plural chaos, feminine plural chás)

1. flat. Alternative form of chan

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• 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

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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

• 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.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/ [ˈt͡ʃa.o]

Interjection

chao

1. Alternative form of chau

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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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caːw˧˧]

Noun

chao • (挍, 焯)

1. pickled tofu

Verb

chao • (洲)

1. to glide (in the air)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chao đảo
• chao liệng
• chao lượn