茬

chá

在 + 艹

Definitions

chá (noun) stubble left after harvest; crop aftermath

chá (noun) opportunity; chance

chá (verb) to plant a second crop

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 在 represents the sound.

Semantic: 艹 Phonetic: 在

About

茬 is a phono-semantic compound: the upper component 艹 (plant) gives the meaning, while the lower component 在 gives the sound. It primarily means stubble, the short stalks left in a field after harvesting. This agricultural sense extended to denote a batch, a crop yield, or an instance of an action. Colloquially, it can refer to a group of people of a certain generation or a recurring incident.

Etymology Hide

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

田里的麦茬还在。

Tián lǐ de mài chá hái zài.

The wheat stubble in the field is still there.

农民们正在清理玉米茬。

Nóngmín men zhèngzài qīnglǐ yùmǐ chá.

The farmers are cleaning up the corn stubble.

他喜欢找别人的茬。

Tā xǐhuān zhǎo biérén de chá.

He likes to pick faults with others.

这是第一茬蔬菜。

Zhè shì dì yī chá shūcài.

This is the first crop of vegetables.

收割后，田里留下了很多稻茬。

Shōugē hòu, tián lǐ liú xiàle hěnduō dào chá.

After harvesting, a lot of rice stubble was left in the field.

他接着我的茬继续说下去。

Tā jiēzhe wǒ de chá jìxù shuō xiàqù.

He continued speaking by picking up my topic.

如果你再找茬，我就生气了。

Rúguǒ nǐ zài zhǎo chá, wǒ jiù shēngqì le.

If you pick faults again, I will get angry.

尽管这茬庄稼收成不好，但农民们没有气馁。

Jǐnguǎn zhè chá zhuāngjia shōucheng bù hǎo, dàn nóngmín men méiyǒu qìněi.

Although this crop's harvest is not good, the farmers are not discouraged.

Related Characters

Component: 在

Component: 艹

茬