CH

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ch"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica (“Swiss Confederation”).

Symbol

CH

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Switzerland.

   Synonym: CHE (alpha-3)

2. (license plate codes) Switzerland

English

Noun

CH (countable and uncountable, plural CHs)

1. (Commonwealth, postnominal) Initialism of companion of honour.
2. (nautical) Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
3. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of cargo helicopter.
4. (set theory) Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
5. (medicine) Initialism of cluster headache.
6. Initialism of central heating.
7. Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
8. Initialism of cerebellar hypoplasia.

Proper noun

CH

1. (Canada, ice hockey) Short for Montreal Canadiens.
2. Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.

Anagrams

• h/c, hc, H/C, H.C., HC, H&C

Cornish

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. The third letter of the Cornish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by H and followed by I.

Usage notes

All-caps CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, regular uppercase Ch is usually used.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.aʃ/

Noun

CH m (plural CHs)

1. initialism of centre hospitalier (literally “hospital center”)

   Coordinate terms: CHU, CHSLD, CLSC, CSSS, CISSS, CIUSSS

2. (field hockey or ice hockey) initialism of club de hockey (“hockey club”); HC
   1. initialism of club de hockey sur glace
3. alternative letter-case form of ch (“horsepower”)

Proper noun

CH m pl (plural only)

1. (Canada, ice hockey) short for Canadiens de Montréal, an ice hockey team based in Montreal.

Descendants

• English: CH

Italian

Proper noun

CH f

1. abbreviation of Chieti: a city and province of Abruzzo, Italy

Khiamniungan Naga

Etymology

The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰə³³/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. (Patsho) The second letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, E e, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Ny ny, O o, P p, Ph ph, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, U u, Ü ü, V v, W w, Y y

Pronunciation guide

Uppercase	IPA	Canonical Pronunciation	Phonetic examples in English	Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A	a	aa	father	āmpāu(pastor)
Ch	tʃʰ	tʃʰə	chair, watch	chām(book)
E	ɛ	a	bed, elephant	ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H	h	hə	husband	hǖhêi(hello)
I	i	ee	beet	îe(winnowing tray)
J	tʃ	tʃə	picture, culture, nature	jām(house)
K	k	kə	sky, skip	kēu(uncle)
Kh	kʰ	kʰə	canoe, Cost, cat	khèu(head)
L	l	lə	alone	lāi(spear)
M	m	mə	money	màu(ant)
N	n	nə	nine, never	nòk
Ng	ŋ	ŋə	sing, throng	ngēm(news)
Ny	ɲ	ɲə	canyon, bunyan	nyù(mother)
O	ɔ	ɔ	orange	ônyù(sky)
P	P	pə	spill, span	pòu(father)
Ph	pʰ	pʰə	pound	phōh(hand)
S	ʃ	ʃə	sound	sā(liver)
Sh	ʃʰ	ʃʰə	shine	shām(mat)
T	t	tə	stop, stand	tòuh(wild pig)
Th	tʰ	tʰə	Thomas	thoi(pumking)
Ts	ts	tsə	cats, hats, pizza	tsēm(salt)
Tsh	Tsʰ	Tsʰə	tshep(kiss)	tshō(traditional basket)
U	ʊ, u	ʊ, u	look, hoop	ûo(goat)
Ü	ə	ə	banana	chǖlám
V	v	və	very	vèu(chicken)
W	w	wə	watt	wā(flour)
Y	j	jə	yellow	yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word	ʔ	ʔ stop	Mountain, button, cotton	chāh(through)

Latvian

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. (historical) A letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script; used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).

Usage notes

This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script; preceded by H and followed by I.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Oromo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɐ/

• Syllables - cha, Count - 1

  • Audio:

    (file)

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. (historical) The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called che and written in the Latin script; preceded by C and followed by D.

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Proper noun

CH ?

1. abbreviation of Chihuahua: a state of Mexico

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish CH.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃɛ] (letter name, chiefly upper class)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡se/ [ˈt͡sɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈse/ [ˈsɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/ [t͡ʃ] (phoneme, chiefly upper class)
  • IPA^(key): /ts/ [t̪s] (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme)

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch) (historical)

1. the fourth letter of the Abecedario, called che and written in the Latin script

See also

• C
• H

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [se˧˧ haːt̚˧˦], [t͡ɕəː˨˩], [t͡ɕəː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˧˥], [t͡ɕəː˦˩], [t͡ɕəː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˥], [cəː˨˩], [cəː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
• Phonetic spelling: xê hát, chờ, chờ nhẹ

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. (dated) Traditionally the sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê hát, chờ or chờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

All-caps CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, standard upper case Ch is usually used.

Welsh

Letter

CH (all caps, upper case Ch, lower case ch)

1. The fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èch and written in the Latin script; preceded by C and followed by D.

Usage notes

Lke the other Welsh digraphs, CH is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, CHWECH is alphabetically sorted after CYLLELL.