chá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cha"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaː]

Noun

chá n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

• “chá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “chá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

A view of the A Terra Chá ("the Flat Country"), Lugo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• chan

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -a

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chãa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cha”, 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), “chá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Hokkien

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).

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰa⁵⁵/

• Audio:

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Noun

chá

1. (Patsho) foilage; leafage

   Cha nü lütiohva.

   Burn the foliage.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰa/

Verb

chá

1. to need
2. must

References

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

Macanese

chá

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴), uncertain whether via Portuguese or later lent to Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/

Noun

chá

1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea (infusion made with tea leaves)

   chá co sucre ― tea with sugar

   vazâ chá ― to serve tea

   Dâ unga xicra di chá pa iou

   Bring me a cup of tea

3. any drink made with an infusion of medicinal plants

   chá di hortelám di sopa ― spearmint tea

   chá di pêlo-pê ― infusion to ward off frights (literally, “hair-feet tea”)

   chá di peso ― infusion to protect against indigestion or stomachache (literally, “tea of weight”)

4. a late afternoon meal

   chá gordo ― festive luncheon served in the late afternoon (literally, “fat tea”)

See also

• chatôm
• iam-chá

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cha — nonstandard
• ĉá — very rare shorthand

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

chá (cha², Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)

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

Portuguese

chá

Etymology

From Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: xá
• Hyphenation: chá

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 a substance
5. (Brazil) shower (party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts)

   chá de bebê ― baby shower

Derived terms

• casa de chá
• cerimônia do chá
• chá branco
• chá da tarde
• chá de bebê
• chá de revelação
• chá gelado
• chá preto
• chá verde
• chaleira
• chazinho
• colher de chá
• dar um chá
• tomar chá de sumiço

 

Descendants

• → Apalaí: xa
• → Gujarati: ચા (cā)
• → Hunsrik: Scha
• → Nheengatu: xaa
• → Spanish: cha / chá (Philippine Spanish)
  • →? Tagalog: tsa, sa — obsolete, cha, saa, tsaa, chaa
  • →? Cebuano: tsa
• → Tetum: xá

Further reading

• “chá” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “chá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “chá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰá(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: chá

Noun

chá (stem -chá-)

1. Fort Liard form of tsá

Inflection

Possessive inflection of chá (-cháá)

		singular	plural
1st person		secháá	naxecháá
2nd person		necháá
3rd person	1)	—	gicháá
	2)	mecháá	gocháá
4th person		yecháá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedecháá	kedecháá
	unsp.	decháá
reciprocal		—	ɂełecháá
indefinite		ɂecháá
areal		gocháá
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [caː˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [caː˦]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 價 (MC kaeH). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣ᩵ᩤ, Lao ຄ່າ (khā), Lü ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Thai ค่า (kâa). Compare Vietnamese cả (as in giá cả).

Noun

chá (價)

1. price

   dú chá háng ― market prices

   cúa xằng mí chá

   The products don't have prices yet.

   mác lịch chá cân hả slíp xiên

   The cost for chestnuts will be fifty thousand [dong] per kilo.

Derived terms

• khửn chá

 

Verb

chá

1. to ask for something's price

   chá vài lặm cừa ― to ask for the buffalo's price behind the bushes; to buy a product without knowing its price

   chá ngòi kỉ lai chèn

   Ask how much it costs.

2. to bargain

   chá thứ ngòi

   Try bargaining.

Etymology 2

Noun

chá

1. mount (object on which another object is mounted)

   chá tặt pừn toòng ― mount for basins

2. frame

   chá tu ― door frame

Etymology 3

Adjective

chá

1. not firm; weak; flimsy; frail

   nghé cẩu nảy chá lai dá

   This bridge's so weak already.

   nghé tu chá dá

   The door isn't looking very sturdy.

Etymology 4

Adjective

chá

1. (before nouns, especially noun phrases with words of number) numerous

   rì chá pác và ― to be several arm spans long

   chá pác chá xiên ― in the hundreds and thousands

Etymology 5

From Chinese 假 (MC kaeX).

Adjective

chá (假)

1. fake; not real

   cúa chá ― fake products

   保真𱽗欣假

   Bấu chăn rầư hăn chá

   How can one knows whether it's fake when it's not real?

Etymology 6

Particle

chá

1. (used sentence-finally) that's all; merely; only; just

   bấu khai đảy lẻ au mà chá

   Just pack it home if you can't sell it.

References

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội