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• ch
  ch

  chain; chains.
• ch.
  ch.

  abbreviation

  chaplain.
• Ch.
  Ch.

  abbreviation

  Chaldean.
• c.h.
  c.h.

  abbreviation

  candle hours.
• CH
  CH

  abbreviation

  Companion of Honour (a Brit title)

ch

¹ American  

Surveying, Civil Engineering.

1. chain; chains.

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ch. ² American  

abbreviation

1. chaplain.

2. chapter.

3. Chess. check.

4. chief.

5. child; children.

6. church.

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Ch. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Chaldean.

2. Chaldee.

3. Television. channel.

4. chapter.

5. Château.

6. Chess. check.

7. China.

8. Chinese.

9. church.

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c.h. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. candle hours.

2. clearinghouse.

3. courthouse.

4. custom house.

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ch. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. chain (unit of measure)

2. chapter

3. chess check

4. chief

5. church

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CH ² British  

abbreviation

1. Companion of Honour (a Brit title)

2. Switzerland (international car registration)

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ch ³ British  

abbreviation

1. custom house

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abbreviation

1. Switzerland

Etymology

Origin of CH

(sense 2) from French Confédération Helvétique

Example Sentences

The Welsh name means "the peaks of Brychan's kingdom" and is pronounced ban-aye bruch-ay-nee-og, with the ch making the same sound as in loch.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023

The beginning ch sound is "sh," as in Chicago.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2021

Is that an ah or an ae, a ch or a k?

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

All individual characters were counted as unique sounds, with the exception of ch, sh, th, and zh, which were all treated as unique sounds.

From Slate • May 28, 2014

I'm cruising, ch ch ch heading in for the win.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds