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叉

chā

HSK 5 Character

What 叉 means

1. fork
2. pitchfork
3. prong
4. pick
5. cross
6. intersect
7. "X"

Other readings

叉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cháto cross; be stuck
• chǎto diverge; to open (as legs)
• chàused in {劈叉|pǐ chà}; used in {分叉|fēn chà}

Example sentences

• 少一把叉子。
  There is a fork missing.
• 叉子不见了。
  The fork is missing.
• 叉子是脏的。
  The fork is dirty.
• 这把叉子是脏的。
  Zhè bǎ chāzi shì zāng de.
  This fork is dirty.
• 我想要一把叉子。
  I'd like a fork.
• 汤姆忘了洗叉子。
  Tom forgot to wash the forks.

Words starting with 叉

• 叉子chā zifork
• 叉烧chā shāochar siu; barbecued pork
• 叉腰chā yāoto put one's hands on one's hips
• 叉车chā chēforklift truck; pallet jack
• 叉乘chā chéng(math) cross product (of two vectors)
• 叉圈chā quānXO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
• 叉形chā xíngforked
• 叉架chā jiàtrestle; X-shaped frame
• 叉积chā jīcross product (of vectors)
• 叉头chā tóuprong of a fork
• 叉烧包chā shāo bāosteamed bun filled with Chinese barbecued pork
• 叉尾太阳鸟chā wěi tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
• 叉簧chā huángswitch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
• 叉勺chā sháospork
• 叉尾鸥chā wěi ōu(bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)

Words containing 叉

• 交叉jiāo chāto cross; to intersect; to overlap
• 交叉口jiāo chā kǒu(road) intersection
• 刀叉dāo chāknife and fork
• 傻叉shǎ chāfool; blockhead
• 分叉fēn chàto branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation
• 前叉qián chāfork (bicycle component)
• 夜叉yè chāyaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
• 河叉hé chàriver mouth
• 钢叉gāng chāpitchfork; garden fork; restraining pole (used by police)
• 音叉yīn chātuning fork
• 鱼叉yú chāharpoon
• 交叉点jiāo chā diǎnjunction; crossroads; (geometry) point of intersection
• 母夜叉mǔ yè chāwitch; shrew; vixen
• 开高叉kāi gāo chāslit dress
• 交叉学科jiāo chā xué kēinterdisciplinary; interdisciplinary subject (in science)
• 交叉引用jiāo chā yǐn yòngcross-reference (in a document, index etc)
• 交叉感染jiāo chā gǎn rǎncross-infection
• 交叉火力jiāo chā huǒ lìcrossfire
• 交叉运球jiāo chā yùn qiúcrossover dribble (basketball)
• 圈圈叉叉quān quān chā chātic-tac-toe
• 恶叉白赖è chā bái làievil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
• 立体交叉lì tǐ jiāo chāthree-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels)…
• 高叉泳装gāo chā yǒng zhuānghigh leg swimsuit
• 交叉编译器jiāo chā biān yì qì(computing) cross-compiler

Characters that look like 叉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning
• 又yòu(once) again; also; both... and...
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 欠qiànto owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read chā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 插to insert; stick in; pierce
• 杈fork of a tree; pitchfork
• 喳used in 喳喳
• 嚓used in 咔嚓; Taiwan pr. cā
• 差difference; discrepancy; (math) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)…
• 锸spade; shovel
• 扠to fork
• 臿to separate the grain from the husk
• 艖raft; boat
• 馇to cook and stir (animal feed); (colloquial) to simmer (porridge etc)