chau

chau

1. H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetan s-ciao (“slave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

chau

1. goodbye

• adeus (somewhat formal), abur, aburiño (informal), deica logo

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 㷮. (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 㷮).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 糟 (“alcohol dregs; to preserve food in alcohol or alcohol dregs; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 糟).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 鄒 (“Zou; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鄒).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 沼 (“Only used in 沼平.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沼).

chau

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃう

chau

1. tortilla
2. honeycomb

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: chau

chau

1. Alternative form of tchau

• tgau (Sursilvan)
• tgieu (Sutsilvan)
• tgea (Surmiran)
• cho (Puter)
• cheu (Vallader)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

chau m (plural chaus)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun) head

• testa

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯]
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: chau

chau

1. Alternative form of chao

• “chau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ca(ː)w˧˧]

chau • (咮, 珠, 罩, 邹, 𠺾, 𤶎, 𥅲)

1. to knit one's eyebrows; frown; furrow one's brow

• chua

chau

1. Aspirate mutation of cau.

chau

1. (stative) to be heavy