"ちゃん" meaning in Japanese

See ちゃん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries 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 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
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,
      "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": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-chama",
      "word": "ちゃま"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-sama",
      "word": "さま"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger)",
          "roman": "Shuwa-chan",
          "text": "シュワちゃん",
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "ちゃん"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ちゃ",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "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": [
        {
          "english": "Arnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger)",
          "roman": "Shuwa-chan",
          "text": "シュワちゃん",
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title affixed to animals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "-tan",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "たん"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "ちゃん"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ちゃん meaning in Japanese (3.5kB)

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  "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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