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chà

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chà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chà | cha4
English translation
fork in road
bifurcation
branch in road, river, mountain range etc
to branch off
to turn off
to diverge
to stray (from the path)
to change the subject
to interrupt
to stagger (times)
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road

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About chà

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

chà

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A road being split  fēn by a mountain  Shān

Etymology of chà

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

分山

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Example sentences using chà

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zài 前面 qiánmiàn fēn chà .

The road forks further ahead.

zhè tiáo zài 这里 zhè lǐ fēn chà .

The river branches off here.

灌木 guàn mù hěn xiàng shù , dàn xiǎo duō , qiě 岔枝丛生 cóng shēng .

Shrubs are much like trees, but are smaller and more profusely branched.

知道 zhīdào 弗农?德默雷斯 zài dīng zhāo zhǎo chà .

He was aware of Vernon Demerest looking at him critically.

他们 tā men zài dào de chà wéi 处分 chǔfèn 道而 háng .

Their paths diverged at the fork in the road.

Words with chà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chà fork in road chà
岔子 chà zi branch road岔子 chà zi
岔路 chà lù fork in the road岔路 chà lù
打岔 dǎ chà interruption打岔 dǎ chà
岔开 chà kāi to diverge岔開
出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong出岔子 chū chà zi
岔道 chà dào side road岔道 chà dào
三岔口 Sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传 Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn [Shuǐ​hǔ​Zhuàn]三岔口 Sān chà kǒu
分岔 fēn chà bifurcation分岔 fēn chà
道岔 dào chà railroad switch道岔 dào chà
岔口 chà kǒu junction岔口 chà kǒu
岔流 chà liú branch stream岔流 chà liú
找岔子 zhǎo chà zi to find fault找岔子 zhǎo chà zi
南岔区 Nán chà qū Nancha district of Yichun city 伊春市 Yī chūn shì [Yī​chūn​shì], Heilongjiang南岔區

chà Decomposition & Compounds

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chà Decomposition

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