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cha¹

  • /t͡ʃɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.

noun cia · chaw · char

  1. uncountable Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai. Would you like a cup of cha?

cha²

  • /t͡ʃʌ/

Rhymes with -ʌ

pronoun

  1. dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound. You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?

cha³

  • /t͡ʃɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

From cha-cha (q.v.).

particle

  1. Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances. One–two–cha–cha–cha Three–four–cha–cha–cha

cha⁴

  • /t͡ʃɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

noun chas · cha

  1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

    Similar: Korean foot

cha⁵

Where it comes from

Clipping of charisma.

noun chas

  1. abbreviation, clipping, uncountable, usually Clipping of charisma I've never seen anyone want a high cha unless they're playing a character that needs it.

CHA⁶

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of congenital heart anomaly

    Similar: CHD, congenital heart defect

  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of charisma point

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Charlotte: a city in North Carolina, United States.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Children's Hospital Association

Cha⁷

proper noun Chas

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tea, fork, yu, cafeteria, pork, ji, ach, shc, train, acp, tra, cam, cart, truck, chs, parking

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Chicago

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@misc{cha_2026,
  title = {cha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}