茶 (caa4 | cha2) : tea

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茶

caa4

cha2

[1] tea - the drink, the plant or its leaves
[2] certain kind of drink, paste or liquid food

茶 is pronounced as de1 in Chaozhou dialect. English language modifies the sound as "tea". Cantonese language retains the de1 sound and uses 嗲 for some de1 compound words that are related to "tea" in meaning.

Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

茶

Don't confuse with:
荼

This word has been viewed 30004 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Aug 2014 14:48

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茶記 caa4 gei3 cha2 ji4 = [粵] (slang) Hong Kong style cafe 粵

奶茶 naai5 caa4 nai3 cha2 = milk tea

茶杯 caa4 bui1 cha2 bei1 = teacup

斟茶 zam1 caa4 zhen1 cha2 = pour tea

綠茶 luk6 caa4 lv4 cha2 = green tea

紅茶 hung4 caa4 hong2 cha2 = black tea

沖盃茶 cung1 bui1 caa4 = to make a cup of tea

喝茶 hot3 caa4 he1 cha2 = drink tea 國

檸檬茶 ning4 mung1 caa4 ning2 meng2 cha2 = lemon tea

飲茶 jam2 caa4 yin3 cha2 = to drink tea; to go out for dim sum 粵
See all 113 compounds (CantoDict reports 115 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 茶

我很喜歡喝珍珠奶茶。國
I like to drink Pearl Milk Tea.

烏龍茶係茶嘅一種。粵
烏龍茶 is a type of tea.

我飲咗太多茶粵
I drank too much tea.
[Lit. I drink-already too much tea]

我唔鐘意太濃嘅茶粵
I don't like tea that's too strong.
[Lit. I not like too strong [possessive particle] tea.]

我好鐘意飲珍珠奶茶。粵
I like to drink bubble tea!

綠茶對你好有益㗎！粵 ?!
Green tea is very good (healthy) for you!
[the audio actually mispronounced as 綿荼 (which either doesn't exist or really rare)]

你唔係我杯茶粵
You're not my cup of tea

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 茶
Unicode code for this character: U+8336 (off-site link)

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