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chá

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chá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chá | cha2
English translation
quarrel; fault; a shard of glass

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About chá

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

chá

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of chá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石查

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Zhā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and Zhā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chá

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zhè wèi 身体 shēntǐ 高大 gāo dà 胡须 húxū chá de rén 耸了耸肩.

The big beared man shrugged.

这些 zhè xiē 胡子拉碴 de 司机 sījī 彼此 bǐcǐ 对骂 duì mà zhāo , 那些 nà xiē huà yǐn le jiào rén 毛发 máo fà dǎo shù ,十分 shífēn 恶心 ěxīn .

Unshaven bus drivers poured loathsome, hair - raising curses out at each other.

de 头发 tóufa yòu cháng yòu luàn 脸上胡子拉碴

He had long unkempt hair and a stubbly chin.

几天 jǐ tiān méi 刮胡子 guā hú zi 脸上胡子拉碴

His face was covered with the stubble of several nights.

找碴儿 zhǎo chá r gēn 服务生 fú wù shēng le 一架最后 zuìhòu jìn le 监狱 jiānyù

He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail.

Words with chá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chá fault chá
找碴 zhǎo chá to pick fault with找碴 zhǎo chá
冰碴 bīng chá ice shards冰碴 bīng chá
找碴儿 zhǎo chá r to pick a quarrel找碴兒

chá Decomposition & Compounds

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