# chao
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* chan

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃaʊ̯], [ˈt͡ʃaw]

### Noun

chao m (plural chaos)
* Alternative form of chan (“plain, plateau; ground”)

#### Derived terms

* Chao

### Adjective

chao (feminine chá, masculine plural chaos, feminine plural chás)
* Alternative form of chan (“flat”)
* absolutely

### 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

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Alternative forms

* chau

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃao/

### Interjection

chao
* (neologism, often informal) goodbye
    Synonyms: adio, til rivido, til
    Antonyms: saluto, hola

## Mandarin
### Romanization

chao
* Nonstandard spelling of chāo.
* Nonstandard spelling of cháo.
* Nonstandard spelling of chǎo.
* 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: /ˈt͡ʃao/ [ˈt͡ʃa.o]
* Rhymes: -ao
* Syllabification: cha‧o

### Interjection

chao
* (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):(file)

### Adjective

chao
* ki class$_{(VII)}$ inflected form of -ao

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [t͡ɕaːw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [caːw˧˧]

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The "bean curd" in Vietnamese and the "bean paste" in Thai and Lao are pretty different. Is there any context as to how the Vietnamese word acquired its current meaning?”
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)
* (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) fermented bean curd
    Synonym: đậu phụ nhự

### Etymology 2

Compare Halang chiao.

#### Verb

chao • (洲)
* to glide (in the air)

##### Derived terms

* chao đảo
* chao liệng
* chao lượn

### Anagrams

* choa