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ちゃう

ちゃう

Japanese

Suffix

ちゃう (romaji -chau)

  1. (colloquial) Same as てしまう (te shimau).
Usage notes

Attaches to the continuative form of a verb.

Synonyms
  • てしまう (teshimau), ちまう (chimau)
  • (Kansai) てまう (temau)

Etymology 2

From 違う (chigau).

/t͡ɕigau//t͡ɕau/

Verb

ちゃう (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji chau)

  1. (colloquial, Kansai) Same as  (ちが) (chigau).
  2. (colloquial, Kansai) Same as じゃない (janai).
Conjugation
Synonyms

Trivia

Used in a famous Kansai dialect pun, punning on ちゃうちゃう (chow chow (dog)), ちゃうちゃう (no, no), ちゃう (isn’t it?), and ちゃう (no (it isn’t)). One variant is:

A: ちゃうちゃうちゃう?
Isn’t [that] [a] chow chow?
B: ちゃうちゃう、ちゃうちゃうちゃう。
No, no – [it’s] not [a] chow chow.

External links

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0