See cha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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/"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
}
],
"word": "cha"
}
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