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ちゃう
ちゃう
Japanese
Suffix
ちゃう (romaji -chau)
- (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)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ちゃう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | ちゃわ | chawa | |
Continuative (連用形) | ちゃい | chai | |
Terminal (終止形) | ちゃう | chau | |
Attributive (連体形) | ちゃう | chau | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | ちゃえ | chae | |
Imperative (命令形) | ちゃえ | chae | |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | ちゃわれる | chawareru | |
Causative | ちゃわせる ちゃわす |
chawaseru chawasu |
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Potential | ちゃえる | chaeru | |
Volitional | ちゃおう | chaō | |
Negative | ちゃわない | chawanai | |
Negative continuative | ちゃわず | chawazu | |
Formal | ちゃいます | chaimasu | |
Perfective | ちゃった | chatta | |
Conjunctive | ちゃって | chatte | |
Hypothetical conditional | ちゃえば | chaeba |
Synonyms
- (standard Japanese) じゃない (janai)
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
- 関西弁が分かる方に質問です。 A「あれ、ちゃうちゃうちゃう?」B「ちゃうちゃ... – one version of the pun