I Love Kanjiちやほや (chiyahoya)
ちやほや is a Japanese adverb meaning “to make a fuss over; to pamper”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- ちやほや
- Romaji
- chiyahoya
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention) · suru verb, transitive, adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of ちやほや
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ちやほやする | ちやほやする chiyahoyasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | ちやほやします | ちやほやします chiyahoyashimasu |
| Negative | ちやほやしない | ちやほやしない chiyahoyashinai |
| Polite negative | ちやほやしません | ちやほやしません chiyahoyashimasen |
| Past | ちやほやした | ちやほやした chiyahoyashita |
| Polite past | ちやほやしました | ちやほやしました chiyahoyashimashita |
| Negative past | ちやほやしなかった | ちやほやしなかった chiyahoyashinakatta |
| Te-form | ちやほやして | ちやほやして chiyahoyashite |
| Potential | ちやほやできる | ちやほやできる chiyahoyadekiru |
| Passive | ちやほやされる | ちやほやされる chiyahoyasareru |
| Causative | ちやほやさせる | ちやほやさせる chiyahoyasaseru |
| Volitional | ちやほやしよう | ちやほやしよう chiyahoyashiyou |
| Imperative | ちやほやしろ | ちやほやしろ chiyahoyashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | ちやほやすれば | ちやほやすれば chiyahoyasureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1007620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.