"cha" meaning in English

See cha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|茶|tr=chá}} Chinese 茶 (chá), {{der|en|sit-pro|*s-la}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{m|hi|चा}} चा (cā), {{m|ur|چا|tr=cā}} چا (cā), {{der|en|fa|چا}} Persian چا, {{m|en|chai}} chai, {{l|zh|茶}} 茶 (chá), {{doublet|en|tea}} Doublet of tea, {{m|nan|tê}} tê Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cha (uncountable)
  1. tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Tea, Units of measure Synonyms: tea Related terms: chai, char, chaw
    Sense id: en-cha-en-noun-ky0n9HiH Disambiguation of Tea: 63 10 24 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 40 24 29 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 18 26 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 11 25 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chas [plural], cha [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|자}} Korean 자 (ja) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cha}} cha (plural chas or cha)
  1. (Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm. Synonyms: Korean foot [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: cha chaan teng
    Sense id: en-cha-en-noun-NEkztJ1I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Particle

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From cha-cha (q.v.) Etymology templates: {{m|en|cha-cha}} cha-cha Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} cha, {{en-particle}} cha
  1. (dance) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances Categories (topical): Dance Derived forms: ha-cha-cha
    Sense id: en-cha-en-particle-YPiQv7HK Categories (other): English particles Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

IPA: /t͡ʃə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha2.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Pronunciation spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">you</i></span>|lang=}} Pronunciation spelling of you, {{pronunciation spelling of|en|you|nodot=1}} Pronunciation spelling of you Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} cha, {{en-pronoun}} cha
  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) You. Tags: dialectal, nonstandard Derived forms: dincha, doncha, gotcha
    Sense id: en-cha-en-pron-TIgk9r4d Categories (other): English pronouns, English pronunciation spellings
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for cha meaning in English (9.3kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "茶",
        "tr": "chá"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 茶 (chá)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*s-la"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "चा"
      },
      "expansion": "चा (cā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "چا",
        "tr": "cā"
      },
      "expansion": "چا (cā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "چا"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian چا",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chai"
      },
      "expansion": "chai",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "茶"
      },
      "expansion": "茶 (chá)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tea"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tea",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "tê"
      },
      "expansion": "tê",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cha (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 18 26 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 11 25 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 10 24 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tea",
          "orig": "en:Tea",
          "parents": [
            "Beverages",
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 24 29 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "en:Units of measure",
          "parents": [
            "Metrology",
            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "Formal sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you like a cup of cha?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934 August 4, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, page 206",
          "text": "[Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses – hot dogs, hot cha, hot peppa pots, hot timollies – hot kuffy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai"
      ],
      "id": "en-cha-en-noun-ky0n9HiH",
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ],
        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ],
        [
          "specifically",
          "specifically"
        ],
        [
          "masala chai",
          "masala chai"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "chai"
        },
        {
          "word": "char"
        },
        {
          "word": "chaw"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tea"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pronunciation spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">you</i></span>",
        "lang": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Pronunciation spelling of you",
      "name": "no deprecated lang param usage"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "you",
        "nodot": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Pronunciation spelling of you",
      "name": "pronunciation spelling of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "en-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronunciation spellings",
          "parents": [
            "Pronunciation spellings",
            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dincha"
        },
        {
          "word": "doncha"
        },
        {
          "word": "gotcha"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Flying Magazine, page 34",
          "text": "You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Busta Rhymes, CeeLo Green (lyrics and music), “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls",
          "text": "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent, page 157",
          "text": "“You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You."
      ],
      "id": "en-cha-en-pron-TIgk9r4d",
      "links": [
        [
          "You",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, nonstandard) You."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cha-cha"
      },
      "expansion": "cha-cha",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cha-cha (q.v.)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "en-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dance",
          "orig": "en:Dance",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ha-cha-cha"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "One–two–cha–cha–cha\nThree–four–cha–cha–cha",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances"
      ],
      "id": "en-cha-en-particle-YPiQv7HK",
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dance) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ko",
        "3": "자"
      },
      "expansion": "Korean 자 (ja)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "cha (plural chas or cha)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
      "id": "en-cha-en-noun-NEkztJ1I",
      "links": [
        [
          "Korean foot",
          "Korean foot#English"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit of measure"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "equivalent",
          "equivalent"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "cm",
          "cm"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Korean units of measure",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cha chaan teng"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Korean foot"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages",
    "English terms borrowed from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Chinese",
    "English terms derived from Hindustani languages",
    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Persian",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
    "en:Tea",
    "en:Units of measure"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "茶",
        "tr": "chá"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 茶 (chá)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*s-la"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "चा"
      },
      "expansion": "चा (cā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "چا",
        "tr": "cā"
      },
      "expansion": "چا (cā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "چا"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian چا",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chai"
      },
      "expansion": "chai",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "茶"
      },
      "expansion": "茶 (chá)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tea"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tea",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "tê"
      },
      "expansion": "tê",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cha (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "chai"
    },
    {
      "word": "char"
    },
    {
      "word": "chaw"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you like a cup of cha?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934 August 4, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, page 206",
          "text": "[Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses – hot dogs, hot cha, hot peppa pots, hot timollies – hot kuffy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ],
        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ],
        [
          "specifically",
          "specifically"
        ],
        [
          "masala chai",
          "masala chai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tea"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English pronouns",
    "English pronunciation spellings",
    "English terms borrowed from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ə",
    "Rhymes:English/ə/1 syllable",
    "en:Tea",
    "en:Units of measure"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dincha"
    },
    {
      "word": "doncha"
    },
    {
      "word": "gotcha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pronunciation spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">you</i></span>",
        "lang": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Pronunciation spelling of you",
      "name": "no deprecated lang param usage"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "you",
        "nodot": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Pronunciation spelling of you",
      "name": "pronunciation spelling of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "en-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Flying Magazine, page 34",
          "text": "You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Busta Rhymes, CeeLo Green (lyrics and music), “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls",
          "text": "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent, page 157",
          "text": "“You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "You",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, nonstandard) You."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English particles",
    "English terms borrowed from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
    "en:Tea",
    "en:Units of measure"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ha-cha-cha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cha-cha"
      },
      "expansion": "cha-cha",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cha-cha (q.v.)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "en-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Dance"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "One–two–cha–cha–cha\nThree–four–cha–cha–cha",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dance) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
    "en:Tea",
    "en:Units of measure"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ko",
        "3": "자"
      },
      "expansion": "Korean 자 (ja)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "cha (plural chas or cha)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cha chaan teng"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Korean foot",
          "Korean foot#English"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit of measure"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "equivalent",
          "equivalent"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "cm",
          "cm"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Korean units of measure",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Korean foot"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cha.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cha.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.