The original meaning of cha is a raft. The common pronunciation of cha is chá, and you can also read zhā.

When you look up chá, you have the meanings of inspection, investigation and double-checking. For example, when checking the lecture, check the disease, check the household registration, etc., when investigating the lecture, visit, survey, investigation, etc., when checking the lecture, such as looking up the dictionary, materials, maps, etc.

When looking up zhā, it is a surname word. The famous martial arts novelist Mr. Jin Yong was originally named Cha Liangyong.

To check the words beside the sound, there are also people who read chá or zhā alone. Read chá alone, such as: an animal like badger written by Lu Xun (read chá), and a grain crumb made of corn and other grains for porridge (read chá), which means stepping on a paddle in the mud formed by rain and snow (ch 鸘).

Read zhā alone, such as: the residue of the medicine residue, the hawthorn of the hawthorn tree.

To check the words beside the sound, there are many polyphonic words. Such as:

Cha, when pronounced chā, is an onomatopoeic word, which is used in buzzwords to describe people whispering; When reading zhā, it is also an onomatopoeic word, which simulates the sound of birds such as magpies.

When reading chā, it is a verb usage, and the action of stirring and cooking is called simmering, which is synonymous with boiling, such as simmering porridge and simmering pig food; When reading zha, it is used in the couplet word ZHANG (pronounced GZHA), which is a kind of cake-like food made of mung bean flour. In some places, the semi-paste-free lump formed near the edge of the pot when making porridge is called the cake.

Ballad, read chā or chá. When you read it, it is used in the word unshaven beard to describe that the beard is long because it has not been trimmed for a long time, which makes people look sloppy. When reading the second sound, it refers to the gap or section on the bowl, basin or similar utensils, for example, this broken ballast is brand new and must have just been broken. It also refers to the broken fragments of an object, such as glass slag scattered all over the floor. Extension refers to the source of the dispute, such as: don't pick a fight if you have nothing to do.