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Corsican
Etymology
From Latin quid (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid. Cognates include Italian che (“what, that”) and French que (“what, that”).
Pronoun
chè
- (interrogative pronoun) what?
- (relative pronoun) that, which
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Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French chair (“flesh”).
Noun
chè
- meat
Etymology 2
From French cher (“expensive”).
Adjective
chè
- expensive
Italian
Conjunction
chè
- (archaic) Alternative spelling of ché
Mandarin
Romanization
chè (che4, Zhuyin ㄔㄜˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呦
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屮
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徹/彻
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掣
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烲
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞮
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詀/𧮪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轍/辙
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 茶 (“tea”, SV: trà). Doublet of lá and trà.
Noun
chè • (𦷨, 茶)
- (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) tea (plant)
- (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) tea (drink)
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from etymology 1”)
Noun
chè • (𥻹, 𤯊)
- a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding, often made with glutinous rice and/or beans
- 1961: Nguyễn Huy Tưởng, Chapter 13, Sống mãi với Thủ Đô
Tất cả hoà hợp trong cái vui rối rít mà vẫn nhịp nhàng của những tranh, những câu đối, những bao hương, bao nến, bao chè, những bánh pháo, những hộp kẹo, hộp mứt, những chậu cá vàng.- Everything came together in the bustling yet harmonious joy of the paintings, the Chinese couplets, the bags of perfume, of chè, the firecrackers, the boxes of candy, of candied fruit, the goldfish bowls.
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