chả

See also: cha, CHA, chá, chà, chā, chǎ, -cha, and -chá

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caː˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鮓 (“minced and salted fish”; SV: trả).

Noun

chả (炙, 鲊, 鮓, 鯺, 鮺, 𤌄)

patty (a flattened, grilled or fried portion of ground or chopped meat, egg, or seafood)
(dialectal) Vietnamese pork sausage

Synonyms

(Vietnamese pork sausage): giò lụa (northern Vietnam), giò, chả lụa (southern Vietnam)

Derived terms

patty

bún chả
bún chả cá
chả bì
chả bò
chả cá
chả chìa
chả chiên (southern Vietnam)
chả cốm
chả cuốn
chả giò
chả Huế
chả lụa
chả lụi
chả mực
chả nem
chả nướng
chả phòng
chả quế
chả ram
chả rán (northern Vietnam)
chả rươi
chả tôm
chả trứng
chả viên

Related terms

bánh

Etymology 2

Corruption of chẳng.

Adverb

chả (啫, 渚, 𠁙, 𤀞)

(informal) not at all
Tau chả biết.
I haven't a clue.
(literally, “I don't know.”)

Usage notes

Like chẳng, chả is more emphatic than không.

Synonyms

(not at all): chẳng, không, đếch (vulgar), đách (vulgar), đéo (vulgar), cóc, ứ

Etymology 3

Contraction of cha (“dude”) + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun

chả

(Southern Vietnam, informal) he/him, that dude

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