"チェ" meaning in Japanese

See チェ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [t͡ɕe̞] Forms: che [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} チェ • (che)
  1. An expression of non-intense displeasure, similar to English crap or damn. tch! Related terms: くそ (kuso)
    Sense id: en-チェ-ja-intj-7Gf6CR8t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: [t͡ɕe̞] Forms: Che [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} チェ • (Che)
  1. A transliteration of the Korean surname 최(崔) (Choe), Choi
    Sense id: en-チェ-ja-name-gHDTbZPK Categories (other): Japanese renderings of Korean surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 3 25 38 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 2 28 39 23 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 45 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 43 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 50 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 48 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Syllable

IPA: [t͡ɕe̞] Forms: che [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} チェ • (che)
  1. The katakana syllable チェ (che). Its equivalent in hiragana is ちぇ (che).
    Sense id: en-チェ-ja-syllable-2K2UyxKY Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 4 33 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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          "チェ",
          "チェ#Japanese"
        ],
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          "ちぇ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "チェ"
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    }
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        "1": "interjection"
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "tch",
          "tch"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "kuso",
          "word": "くそ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕe̞]"
    }
  ],
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          "Choi#English"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕe̞]"
    }
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  "word": "チェ"
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with entries"
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        ],
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕe̞]"
    }
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  "word": "チェ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for チェ meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). 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.

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