# chá
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxaː]

### Noun

chá n (indeclinable)
* 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
### Alternative forms

* chan

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

chá f (plural chás)
* plain
* mesa; plateau

#### Derived terms

* Chá
* Chás
* Chan
* Chanciña
* Chans

### Adjective

chá f sg
* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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: /tʃʰa⁵⁵/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chá
* (Patsho) foilage; leafage
    Cha nü lütiohva.Burn the foliage.

## Macanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 茶 (caa$^4$), uncertain whether via Portuguese or later lent to Portuguese.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃa/

### Noun

chá
* tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
* tea (infusion made with tea leaves)
    chá co sucre ― tea with sugar
    vazâ chá ― to serve tea
    Dâ unga xicra di chá pa iouBring me a cup of tea
* 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”)
* 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:(file)

### Romanization

chá (cha$^2$, Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 察
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 查
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 査
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍤 / 锸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𣱱

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Cantonese 茶 (caa$^4$, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃa/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Homophone: xá
* Hyphenation: chá

### Noun

chá m (plural chás)
* tea plant (Camellia sinensis, a bush whose leaves are used to make tea)
* (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing parts of plants)
* a late afternoon meal
* (slang) any drug made by infusing a substance
* (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, 2015–2025
* “chá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃʰá(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: chá

### Noun

chá (stem -chá-)
* Fort Liard form of tsá

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ 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: [caː˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [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)
* price
    dú chá háng ― market prices
    cúa xằng mí cháThe products don't have prices yet.
    mác lịch chá cân hả slíp xiênThe cost for chestnuts will be fifty thousand [dong] per kilo.

##### Derived terms

* khửn chá

#### Verb

chá
* 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 chènAsk how much it costs.
* to bargain
    chá thứ ngòiTry bargaining.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

chá
* mount (object on which another object is mounted)
    chá tặt pừn toòng ― mount for basins
* frame
    chá tu ― door frame

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

chá
* not firm; weak; flimsy; frail
    nghé cẩu nảy chá lai dáThis bridge's so weak already.
    nghé tu chá dáThe door isn't looking very sturdy.

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

chá
* (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)
* fake; not real
    cúa chá ― fake products
    保真𱽗欣假Bấu chăn rầư hăn cháHow can one knows whether it's fake when it's not real?

### Etymology 6
#### Particle

chá
* (used sentence-finally) that's all; merely; only; just
    bấu khai đảy lẻ au mà cháJust 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]‎ (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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội