chau

chau

1. H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

chau

1. goodbye

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

chau

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃう

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau
  • Tâi-lô: tsau
  • Phofsit Daibuun: zaw
  • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
• Rhymes: -au

1. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 㷮
2. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 糟
3. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蹧
4. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鄒／邹
5. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沼 (only in 沼平)

• “Query for tsau”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006) 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 274.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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.