"ちゃん" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡ɕã̠ɴ] Forms: -chan [romanization]
Etymology: Variant of personal suffix さん (-san). First cited to a work from 1813. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|-さん}} さん (-san) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} ちゃん • (-chan)
  1. (familiar or childish, diminutive) title affixed to people's names: -chan Tags: childish, diminutive, familiar, morpheme
    Sense id: en-ちゃん-ja-suffix-X06hU~Hm
  2. title affixed to animals Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ちゃん-ja-suffix-ZQJOZEAj Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: たん (-tan) [slang] Related terms: ちゃま (-chama), さま (-sama)

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-chan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -chan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -chan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "醬"
          },
          "expansion": "醬/酱 (jiàng)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 醬/酱 (jiàng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "chia̋n",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: chia̋n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: chia̋n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "-짱",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 짱 (-jjang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 짱 (-jjang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "тян",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: тян (tjan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: тян (tjan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "tyan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: tyan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: tyan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "chan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: chan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: chan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-さん"
      },
      "expansion": "さん (-san)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of personal suffix さん (-san).\nFirst cited to a work from 1813.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-chan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃん • (-chan)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-chama",
      "word": "ちゃま"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-sama",
      "word": "さま"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "シュワちゃん\nShuwa-chan\nArnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window",
          "roman": "Madogiwa no Totto-chan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "窓",
              "まど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "窓ぎわのトットちゃん"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title affixed to people's names: -chan"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちゃん-ja-suffix-X06hU~Hm",
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "-chan",
          "-chan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(familiar or childish, diminutive) title affixed to people's names: -chan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "diminutive",
        "familiar",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "play with Mr. Bear",
          "roman": "kuma-chan to asobu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "遊",
              "あそ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "くまちゃんと遊ぶ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title affixed to animals"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちゃん-ja-suffix-ZQJOZEAj",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-tan",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "たん"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "ちゃん"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-chan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -chan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -chan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "醬"
          },
          "expansion": "醬/酱 (jiàng)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 醬/酱 (jiàng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "chia̋n",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: chia̋n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: chia̋n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "-짱",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 짱 (-jjang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 짱 (-jjang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "тян",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: тян (tjan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: тян (tjan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "tyan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: tyan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: tyan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "chan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: chan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: chan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-さん"
      },
      "expansion": "さん (-san)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of personal suffix さん (-san).\nFirst cited to a work from 1813.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-chan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃん • (-chan)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "-chama",
      "word": "ちゃま"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-sama",
      "word": "さま"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese childish terms",
        "Japanese familiar terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "シュワちゃん\nShuwa-chan\nArnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window",
          "roman": "Madogiwa no Totto-chan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "窓",
              "まど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "窓ぎわのトットちゃん"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title affixed to people's names: -chan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "-chan",
          "-chan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(familiar or childish, diminutive) title affixed to people's names: -chan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "diminutive",
        "familiar",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "play with Mr. Bear",
          "roman": "kuma-chan to asobu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "遊",
              "あそ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "くまちゃんと遊ぶ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title affixed to animals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "-tan",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "たん"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "ちゃん"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ちゃん"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "ちゃん",
  "trace": ""
}

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