HOW TO PRONOUNCE
chia
/ˈtʃiə/
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CHEE-uh: keep the first vowel long.
The ch is the sound at the start of “chair.” Let ee move into a short, unstressed uh rather than ending the word after CHEE.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She sprinkled chia seeds over the yogurt.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does chia mean?
noun
- A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
- Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
proper noun
- A Chinese surname, variant of Jia.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A surname from Hokkien.
- A surname from Teochew.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃiə/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
‘We went to a little bay called Chia, where a fresh-water stream falls into the sea, and took in water.
JUNE 17.--'We went to a little bay called Chia, where a fresh-water stream falls into the sea, and took in water.
More book examples (2)
He lived in the sun, while his wife Chia occupied the moon.
This is very vague, but Chia Lin explains it clearly enough as a defile or narrow pass, and Chang Yu takes much the same view.