chau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chau"

Esperanto

Interjection

chau

1. H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

Interjection

chau

1. goodbye

Synonyms

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

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 㷮. (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 㷮).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 糟 (“alcohol dregs; to preserve food in alcohol or alcohol dregs; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 糟).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 鄒 (“Zou; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鄒).

For pronunciation and definitions of chau – see 沼 (“Only used in 沼平.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沼).

Japanese

Romanization

chau

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃう

Papantla Totonac

Noun

chau

1. tortilla
2. honeycomb

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/ [ˈʃaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: chau

Interjection

chau

1. Alternative form of tchau

Romansch

Alternative forms

• tgau (Sursilvan)
• tgieu (Sutsilvan)
• tgea (Surmiran)
• cho (Puter)
• cheu (Vallader)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

Noun

chau m (plural chaus)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun) head

Synonyms

• testa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯]
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: chau

Interjection

chau

1. Alternative form of chao

Further reading

• “chau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ca(ː)w˧˧]

Verb

chau • (咮, 珠, 罩, 邹, 𠺾, 𤶎, 𥅲)

1. to knit one's eyebrows; frown; furrow one's brow

Anagrams

• chua

Welsh

Verb

chau

1. Aspirate mutation of cau.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cau	gau	nghau	chau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Woleaian

Verb

chau

1. (stative) to be heavy