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chá

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chá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chá | cha2
English translation
opportunity; farmland after the harvest

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About chá

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

chá

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of chá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹在

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

zài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and zài represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chá

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西红柿 xīhóngshì 茬口 chá kǒu Zhuàng , zhǒng 白菜 bái cài tǐng 合适 héshì .

A crop of tomatoes enriches the soil and makes It'suitable for growing cabbage.

shèng de chá hěn duǎn .

The sward is bared very closely.

对手 duìshǒu 找茬 zhǎo chá shí 不会 bù huì 再理他们 tā men

I don't react anymore when opponents try to niggle me.

zhàn zài 那儿 nà r 头发 tóufa 乱成一团 luàn chéng yī tuán 下巴 xià ba shǎng 一片 Hēi 胡茬 hú chá

There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.

西红柿 xīhóngshì 茬口 chá kǒu Zhuàng zhǒng 白菜 bái cài tǐng 合适 héshì

A crop of tomatoes enriches the soil and makes it suitable for growing cabbage.

Words with chá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chá an opportunity chá
找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with找茬 zhǎo chá
话茬 huà chá topic話茬
茬口 chá kǒu an opportunity茬口 chá kǒu
倒茬 dǎo chá rotation of crops倒茬 dǎo chá
话茬儿 huà chá r topic話茬兒
灭茬 miè chá to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)滅茬
换茬 huàn chá rotation of crops換茬

chá Decomposition & Compounds

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