chao

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

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chao m (plural chaos)

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

Derived terms

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of chan (flat)

References

  • chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • chao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • chao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • chan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French tchaoGerman tschauItalian ciaoSpanish chau (but only in the sense of "goodbye").

Pronunciation

Interjection

chao

  1. (neologism, often informal) goodbye
    Synonyms: adio, til rivido, til
    Antonyms: saluto, hola

Mandarin

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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.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (hello, goodbye). Doublet of esclavo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: cha‧o

Interjection

chao

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

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Adjective

chao

  1. Ki class inflected form of -ao.

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
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chao

Pronunciation

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 (chiùⁿ) (SV: tương). Compare Thai เต้าเจี้ยว (dtâo-jîao), Lao ເຕົ້າຈ້ຽວ (taochiāu), Malay taoco, taucu. Doublet of tương.

Noun

chao ()

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) fermented bean curd
    Synonym: đậu phụ nhự

Etymology 2

Verb

chao ()

  1. to glide (in the air)
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