ཆུ
chu/*t͡ɕʰu/
The Tibetan word for water is ཆུ (chu). Wiktionary also lists mamal.
Meaning: inorganic compound H₂O (noun)
Ways to say it
| Tibetan | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| ཆུ | chu | /*t͡ɕʰu/ /t͡ɕʰu˥˥/ (Lhasa) |
| mamal |
The term refers to the inorganic compound H₂O.
Which one should you use?
The pack provides two forms: ཆུ (romanized as chu) and mamal.
How do you pronounce it?
The word is pronounced chu.
Did you know?
- Tibetan Buddhist rituals often involve the 'water offering', where bowls of ཆུ are arranged in precise patterns to symbolize generosity.
- Tibetan-speaking populations often use different words for water depending on whether it is liquid, ice, or snow.
- The word ཆུ is a cognate with similar terms in Chinese, reflecting a shared linguistic heritage.
Example sentences for Tibetan are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking in a kitchen.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenཚེ་རིང་མོ། ཆུ་ག་འདྲ་ས་ཡོད།Tseringmo, chu ga 'dra sa yod?Tseringmo, where is the water?
- ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmoཆུ་ meja གུར་ཡོད།chu meja gur yodThe water is on the table.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenཐུགས་ཆེ་། ཆུ་འདི་འཐུང་ཆོག།thugs che, chu 'di 'thung chogThank you, I will drink this water.
- ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmoའདི་འཐུང་ལགས།'di 'thung lagsPlease drink it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “water” translations and entries ཆུ, mamal, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
