茶

See also: 苶 and 荼

茶 U+8336, 茶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8336 ← 茵 [U+8335] CJK Unified Ideographs 茷 → [U+8337]

茶 U+F9FE, 茶 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9FE ← 什 [U+F9FD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 刺 → [U+F9FF]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

茶 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿人木 (TOD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿳艹𠆢朩(GV) or ⿳艹𠆢木(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 嗏 搽 𦴶 𣗪 𤨓 𦷨 𤯊 𥧣 𦓅 𫅷 𫉕 𮥗 𥻹 𨃓 𨢕 𨪩 𩴊 𪄦 𬞠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30915
• Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3207, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8336

• Unihan data for U+F9FE

Chinese

trad.		茶
simp. #		茶
alternative forms		荼 𦯬 𣘻 𣗪 𦹍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rlaː) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).

茶 originates as a graphical modification of archaic 荼 (*rlaː, “bitter plant”), used for “tea” in classical sources.

Etymology

As tea may have originated from Sichuan, where the native Yi people speak Loloish languages, Sagart (1999) suggests that the Old Chinese item was possibly originally borrowed from Proto-Loloish *la¹ (“tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf; tea”). Schuessler (2007) traces its ultimate origin to Proto-Austroasiatic *slaʔ (“leaf”) (in Sidwell's 2024 reconstruction).

Alternatively, Qiu (1988) suggests that it might be a semantic extension of 荼 (*rlaː, “bitter plant”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cá

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chá

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ца (ca, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caa⁴

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): caa⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ca³

• Gan (Wiktionary): ca²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhà

  (Hailu, HRS): ca

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ca²

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): ca²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ca¹
• Northern Min (KCR): dâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): dà
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor² / ca²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tê / têe / tiêe / tâ / chhâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dê⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): de⁵

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): caa⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zo
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): za²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ca²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ca
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: cá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: chá
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cha²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ца (ca, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa⁴
    • Yale: chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: caa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ca²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ca
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ca¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dor²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ¹³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ca²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa¹³/

Note:

• dor2 - vernacular;
• tâ, ca2 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê
    • Tâi-lô: tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Changtai, Taipei, Singapore, Philippines): /te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têe
    • Tâi-lô: têe
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /tɛ²¹³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɛ¹³/
    • IPA (Penang): /tɛ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiêe
    • Tâi-lô: tiêe
    • IPA (Longyan): /tiɛ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâ
    • Tâi-lô: tâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Taipei): /ta²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³/

Note:

• tê/têe - vernacular;
• tâ, chhâ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dê⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tê
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /te⁵⁵/
• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: de⁵
  • Sinological IPA: /tɛ²²/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: caa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zo
    • MiniDict: zo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: za²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa̠¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 茶
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰa³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰa²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰa²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰa³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰa²¹/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰa¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sɑ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰa³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zo²³/
	Suzhou	/zo¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zɑ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡zo³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sa¹³/
	Xiangtan	/d͡zɒ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰa¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰɑ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰa²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰa²¹/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰa²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ta³⁵/ /te³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ta⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ta³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/te⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔdɛ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drae

Rime
Character	茶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	宅加切
Baxter	drae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨ/
Li Rong	/ȡa/
Wang Li	/ȡa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rlaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茶
Reading #	1/1
No.	15747
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𡨀
Old Chinese	/*rlaː/
Notes	俗𣘻字，荼轉註分化字

Definitions

茶

1. tea (plant, leaves)

   種茶／种茶  ―  zhòng chá  ―  to grow tea

2. tea (beverage made by infusing tea leaves in hot water) (Classifier: 杯; 壺／壶)

   綠茶／绿茶  ―  lǜchá  ―  green tea

   沏茶  ―  qīchá  ―  to make tea

   一杯茶  ―  yī bēi chá  ―  a cup of tea

3. certain kinds of beverage or liquid food

   涼茶／凉茶  ―  liángchá  ―  Chinese herb tea

   冬瓜茶  ―  dōngguāchá  ―  winter melon punch

   杏仁茶  ―  xìngrénchá  ―  almond tea

4. Chinese medicine

   午時茶／午时茶  ―  wǔshíchá  ―  Afternoon Tea

5. yum cha

   早茶  ―  zǎochá  ―  morning yum cha

   去茶樓飲餐茶 [Cantonese, trad.]
   去茶楼饮餐茶 [Cantonese, simp.]

   heoi³ caa⁴ lau⁴ jam² caan¹ caa⁴ [Jyutping]

   to go yumcha at a dim sum restaurant

6. (obsolete) a moment (the time it takes to drink a cup of tea)
7. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Xiang, Wu) boiled or boiling water

   吃茶 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁷chiq ⁶zo [Wugniu]  ―  to drink water

8. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茶葉 (“tea leaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶葉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	茶葉, 茶
	Taiwan	茶葉
	Chengde	茶葉
	Chifeng	茶葉, 茶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	茶葉
	Heihe	茶葉
	Qiqihar	茶葉
	Harbin	茶葉
	Jiamusi	茶葉, 茶
	Baicheng	茶葉
	Changchun	茶葉, 茶
	Tonghua	茶葉
	Shenyang	茶葉, 茶
	Jinzhou	茶葉, 茶
	Singapore	茶葉
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	茶葉
	Tangshan	茶葉, 茶
	Cangzhou	茶葉
	Baoding	茶葉, 茶
	Shijiazhuang	茶葉
	Lijin	茶葉, 茶
	Jinan	茶, 茶葉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	茶葉
	Dandong	茶葉, 茶
	Yantai	茶葉
	Yantai (Muping)	茶葉
	Qingdao	茶葉
	Zhucheng	茶葉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茶葉
	Lingbao	茶葉兒
	Jining	茶葉
	Wanrong	茶葉
	Linfen	茶葉
	Shangqiu	茶葉
	Yuanyang	茶
	Zhengzhou	茶葉, 茶葉兒
	Xinyang	茶葉
	Baihe	茶葉, 茶
	Xi'an	茶葉兒, 茶葉, 茶
	Baoji	茶葉, 茶
	Tianshui	茶葉
	Xining	茶葉, 茶
	Xuzhou	葉子, 茶葉
	Fuyang	茶葉, 葉子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茶葉, 茶
	Lanzhou	茶葉子, 茶葉, 茶
	Dunhuang	茶葉
	Hami	茶葉
	Ürümqi	茶葉子, 茶葉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	茶, 茶葉
	Nanchong	茶葉
	Dazhou	茶
	Hanyuan	茶葉子
	Xichang	茶葉, 茶
	Zigong	茶葉兒
	Chongqing	茶葉
	Wuhan	茶葉
	Yichang	茶葉, 茶
	Xiangyang	茶葉, 茶
	Tianmen	茶葉, 茶
	Guiyang	茶葉
	Zunyi	茶葉
	Bijie	茶葉
	Liping	茶葉
	Zhaotong	茶葉
	Dali	茶葉
	Kunming	茶葉, 茶
	Mengzi	茶葉
	Guilin	茶葉
	Liuzhou	茶葉
	Jishou	茶葉
	Changde	茶葉
	Hanzhong	茶葉, 茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	茶葉
	Yangzhou	茶葉
	Lianyungang	茶葉, 茶
	Lianshui	茶葉
	Nantong	茶葉
	Anqing	茶葉
	Wuhu	茶葉
	Hefei	茶葉
	Hong'an	茶葉, 茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茶葉
	Hong Kong	茶葉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	茶葉
	Macau	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	茶葉
	Foshan	茶葉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	茶葉
	Foshan (Shunde)	茶葉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	茶葉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	茶葉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	茶葉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	茶葉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	茶葉
	Taishan	茶葉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茶葉
	Enping (Niujiang)	茶葉
	Heshan (Yayao)	茶葉
	Dongguan	茶葉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	茶葉
	Qingyuan	茶葉
	Fogang	茶葉
	Yingde (Hanguang)	茶葉
	Yangshan	茶葉
	Lianshan (Butian)	茶葉
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	茶葉
	Shaoguan	茶葉
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	茶葉
	Renhua	茶葉
	Lechang	茶葉
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	茶葉
	Sihui	茶葉
	Guangning	茶葉
	Deqing	茶葉
	Huaiji	茶葉
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	茶葉
	Yunfu	茶葉
	Xinxing	茶葉
	Luoding	茶葉
	Yunan (Pingtai)	茶葉
	Xinyi	茶葉
	Lianjiang	茶葉
	Nanning	茶葉
	Wuzhou	茶葉
	Yulin	茶葉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	茶葉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	茶葉
Gan	Nanchang	茶葉
	Lichuan	茶葉
	Pingxiang	茶葉
Hakka	Meixian	茶葉, 茶米
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茶葉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茶葉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茶葉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茶葉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	茶葉
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	茶葉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	茶葉
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	茶葉
	Jiexi	茶葉
	Luhe	茶葉
	Nanjing (Meilin)	茶葉
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	茶米
	Changting	茶葉
	Longyan (Yongding)	茶葉
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	茶葉
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	茶葉
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	茶葉
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	茶葉
	Liancheng (Peitian)	茶葉
	Liancheng (Juxi)	茶葉
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	茶葉
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	茶箬
	Yudu	茶葉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶米
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	茶葉, 茶米
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	茶米
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	茶心
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	茶心
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	茶葉
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	茶心
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茶米
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	茶米
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茶米
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	茶心
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茶米
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	茶葉
	Singkawang	茶米
	Bangkok (Meixian)	茶葉
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	茶米
Huizhou	Jixi	茶葉
	Shexian	茶葉
Jin	Taiyuan	茶葉
	Yangyuan	茶葉
	Datong	茶葉, 茶
	Xinzhou	茶葉
	Lüliang (Lishi)	茶葉
	Changzhi	茶葉, 茶
	Linhe	茶葉, 茶
	Jining	茶葉, 茶
	Hohhot	茶葉, 茶
	Erenhot	茶葉, 茶
	Pingshan	茶葉, 茶
	Zhangjiakou	茶葉
	Handan	茶葉
	Linzhou	茶葉兒
	Suide	茶葉, 茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	茶茗, 茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	茶箬
	Fuzhou (Changle)	茶箬
	Fuqing	茶箬
	Yongtai	茶箬
	Gutian	茶箬
	Fu'an	茶米
	Ningde	茶米
	Shouning	茶米
	Zhouning	茶米
	Fuding	茶箬
	Matsu	茶箬
	Singapore (Fuqing)	茶箬
Southern Min	Xiamen	茶心, 茶箬, 茶米
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	茶心
	Quanzhou	茶心, 茶箬
	Zhangzhou	茶箬, 茶米
	Taipei	茶心, 茶米
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	茶心, 茶米, 茶箬
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茶米
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	茶米
	Kaohsiung	茶心, 茶箬
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	茶心
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	茶心, 茶箬仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	茶心, 茶箬仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	茶心, 茶箬
	Yilan	茶心, 茶米
	Yilan (Luodong)	茶心, 茶米
	Yilan (Toucheng)	茶心, 茶米
	Changhua (Lukang)	茶心
	Changhua (Yongjing)	茶箬, 茶米, 茶心
	Taichung	茶米
	Tainan	茶心
	Tainan (Anping)	茶箬, 茶米
	Hsinchu	茶米, 茶心
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	茶心
	Kinmen	茶心
	Penghu (Magong)	茶心
	Penghu (Xiyu)	茶心, 茶米, 茶箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茶箬
	Manila (Hokkien)	茶箬
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	茶箬
	Chaozhou	茶米, 茶香
	Shantou	茶米
	Jieyang	茶米
	Haifeng	茶箬
	Leizhou	茶箬 unprocessed, 茶芽 processed
	Haikou	茶箬
Puxian Min	Putian	茶箬, 茶心
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	茶箬, 茶心
	Xianyou	茶箬, 茶心
Central Min	Yong'an	茶箬, 茶乾
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	茶箬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茶葉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	茶葉
Wu	Shanghai	茶葉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶葉
	Suzhou	茶葉
	Danyang	茶葉
	Hangzhou	茶葉
	Ningbo	茶葉
	Wenzhou	茶葉
	Jinhua	茶葉
Xiang	Changsha	茶葉子, 蝦子 humorous
	Loudi	茶
	Quanzhou	茶葉

Dialectal synonyms of 茶 (“tea (drink)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		茶, 檟, 蔎, 茗, 荈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	茶
	Taiwan	茶
	Harbin	茶
	Malaysia	茶
	Singapore	茶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	茶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茶
	Wanrong	茶
	Xi'an	茶
	Xining	茶
	Xuzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茶
	Lanzhou	茶
	Ürümqi	茶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	茶
	Wuhan	茶
	Guiyang	茶
	Guilin	茶
	Liuzhou	茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	茶
	Yangzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Nantong	茶葉茶
	Hefei	茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茶
	Hong Kong	茶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	夷茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	茶
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	茶葉茶
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	茶葉茶
	Macau	茶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	茶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	茶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	茶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	茶
	Foshan	茶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	茶
	Foshan (Shunde)	茶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	茶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	茶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	茶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	茶
	Taishan	茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	茶
	Dongguan	茶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	茶
	Yangjiang	茶
	Beihai	茶
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	茶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	茶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	茶
Gan	Nanchang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Lichuan	茶
	Pingxiang	茶
Hakka	Meixian	茶
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	茶
	Yudu	茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	茶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	茶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茶
	Hong Kong	茶葉茶
	Senai (Huiyang)	茶
Huizhou	Jixi	茶
Jin	Taiyuan	茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	茶
	Fuqing	茶
	Matsu	茶
	Singapore (Fuqing)	茶
Southern Min	Xiamen	茶
	Quanzhou	茶
	Zhangzhou	茶
	Taipei	茶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茶
	Kaohsiung	茶
	Yilan	茶
	Changhua (Lukang)	茶
	Taichung	茶
	Tainan	茶
	Hsinchu	茶
	Kinmen	茶
	Penghu (Magong)	茶
	Penang (Hokkien)	茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	茶
	Chaozhou	茶
	Shantou	茶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	茶
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	茶
	Jieyang	茶
	Haifeng	茶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	茶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	茶
	Singapore (Teochew)	茶
	Pontianak (Teochew)	茶
	Leizhou	茶
	Wenchang	茶
	Haikou	茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	茶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	茶
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茶
Wu	Shanghai	茶葉茶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶葉茶
	Suzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Danyang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Hangzhou	茶
	Ningbo	茶, 茶葉茶
	Wenzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Jinhua	茶
Xiang	Changsha	茶, 茶葉茶
	Loudi	茶
	Shuangfeng	茶

Dialectal synonyms of 開水 (“boiled water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開水
	Taiwan	開水
	Harbin	開水
	Malaysia	滾水, 燒水
	Singapore	白開水, 開水
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	開水
	Jinan	開水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	開水
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	開水, 滾水
	Wanrong	滾水
	Xi'an	開水
	Xining	開水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	滾水
	Ürümqi	開水, 滾水
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開水, 滾水
	Wuhan	開水
	Guiyang	開水
	Guilin	開水
	Liuzhou	開水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	開水
	Yangzhou	開水, 茶
	Xinghua	開水, 滾水, 透水
	Hefei	開水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	滾水, 茶
	Hong Kong	滾水
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	滾水
	Macau	滾水
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	滾水
	Foshan	滾水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	滾水
	Foshan (Shunde)	滾水
	Foshan (Sanshui)	滾水
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	滾水
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	滾水
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	滾水
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	滾水
	Taishan	滾水
	Kaiping (Chikan)	滾水
	Enping (Niujiang)	滾水
	Heshan (Yayao)	滾水
	Dongguan	滾水
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	滾水
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	滾水
	Qingyuan	滾水
	Fogang	滾水
	Yingde (Hanguang)	滾水
	Yangshan	滾水
	Lianshan (Butian)	滾水
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	滾水
	Shaoguan	開水
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滾水
	Renhua	開心水
	Lechang	開水
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	滾水
	Sihui	滾水
	Guangning	滾水
	Deqing	滾水
	Huaiji	滾水
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	滾水
	Yunfu	滾水
	Xinxing	滾水
	Luoding	滾水
	Yunan (Pingtai)	滾水
	Yangjiang	滾水
	Xinyi	滾水
	Maoming (Xinpo)	滾水
	Lianjiang	滾水
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	滾水
	Nanning	滾水
	Wuzhou	滾水
	Yulin	滾水
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	滾水
	Guiping	開水
	Mengshan (Xihe)	滾水
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	滾水
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	滾水
	Baise	開水
	Bobai	滾水
Lingshan	滾水
Pubei	滾水
Qinzhou	滾水
Beihai	滾水
Ningming	開水
Hengzhou	泡心水
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	開水
Gan	Nanchang	開水, 茶
	Pengze	滾水
	Yanshan	濺水
	Lichuan	開水, 茶
	Pingxiang	開水, 茶
Hakka	Meixian	滾水, 沸水 dated
	Xingning	沸水
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	滾水
	Huiyang	沸水
	Huidong (Daling)	沸水
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	開水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	沸水
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	沸水
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沸水, 滾水
	Wuhua (Changbu)	沸水
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	沸水
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	滾水
	Wengyuan	滾水
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滾開水
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	滾水
	Liannan	滾水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	滾水
	Jiexi	滾水
	Luhe	滾水
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	滾水
	Changting	滾水
	Wuping	滾水
	Wuping (Yanqian)	茶, 滾水
	Wuping (Pingyu)	滾水
	Liancheng	滾湯
	Ninghua	滾水
	Yudu	開水, 滾湯, 滾水
	Ningdu	開水
	Ruijin	煎湯
	Shicheng	滾水, 煎水
	Shangyou (Shexi)	爆水
	Tonggu (Sandu)	開水
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	開水
	Dayu	翻心水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滾水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滾水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滾水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滾水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滾水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滾水
	Hong Kong	沸水
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	滾水
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	滾水
	Xinyi (Sihe)	滾水
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	滾水
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	滾水, 開水
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	滾水
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	滾水
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	滾水
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	滾水
	Mengshan (Xihe)	滾水
	Luchuan	滾水
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	開水
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	開水
	Mashan (Pianlian)	開水
	Senai (Huiyang)	滾水, 沸水 dated
	Singkawang	滾水
Huizhou	Jixi	滾水, 開水
Jin	Taiyuan	開水, 滾水
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	開水, 熬水
	Xinzhou	滾水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	滾湯, 開水
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	滾湯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	滾湯
	Pucheng (Shibei)	沸水, 茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	開水, 滾湯
	Gutian	開水
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾水
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	滾水
	Quanzhou	滾水
	Zhangzhou	滾水
	Taipei	白茶, 滾水
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	滾水
	Kaohsiung	滾水
	Yilan	滾水
	Changhua (Lukang)	滾水
	Taichung	滾水
	Tainan	滾水
	Hsinchu	滾水
	Kinmen	滾水
	Penghu (Magong)	滾水
	Penang (Hokkien)	滾水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾水
	Manila (Hokkien)	滾水
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	開水
	Guilin (Biyange)	滾水
	Chaozhou	滾水
	Shantou	滾水
	Shantou (Chenghai)	滾水
	Jieyang	滾水
	Haifeng	滾水
	Leizhou	沸水
	Wenchang	沸水
	Haikou	沸水
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	沸水
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	滾水
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	開水
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	開水
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	開水
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	開水
Shehua	Fu'an	沸水
	Fuding	沸水
	Luoyuan	沸水
	Sanming	沸水
	Shunchang	沸水
	Hua'an	沸水
	Guixi (Zhangping)	沸水
	Cangnan	沸水
	Jingning (Hexi)	沸水
	Lishui	沸水
	Longyou	沸湯
	Chaozhou	滾水
	Fengshun	滾水
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	開水
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	開水
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	開水
Wu	Shanghai	開水, 茶水, 滾水, 滾湯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶
	Suzhou	開水, 茶, 滾水
	Danyang	開水, 滾水, 茶
	Hangzhou	開水
	Ningbo	開水, 滾水, 茶
	Wenzhou	開水, 茶湯
	Jinhua	開水, 滾湯, 茶
Xiang	Changsha	開水, 茶, 滾水子
	Loudi	開水, 滾水
	Shuangfeng	開水
	Quanzhou	開水
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	開水, 滾水

Compounds

• 一盞茶時／一盏茶时
• 一茶
• 一茶頃／一茶顷
• 七品茶
• 七家茶
• 七寶茶／七宝茶
• 七星茶 (qīxīngchá)
• 七碗茶
• 下午茶 (xiàwǔchá)
• 下小茶
• 下茶
• 三茶六禮／三茶六礼
• 三茶六飯／三茶六饭
• 不茶不飯／不茶不饭
• 串茶
• 九節茶／九节茶
• 乳茶
• 乾烘茶／干烘茶
• 乾茶錢／干茶钱
• 五花茶 (wǔhuāchá)
• 仙人掌茶
• 代茶
• 作茶
• 供茶
• 倒茶 (dàochá)
• 借茶活捉
• 兒茶／儿茶 (érchá)
• 六安茶
• 六班茶
• 六龜茶／六龟茶
• 分茶
• 分茶店
• 剜刺挑茶
• 功夫茶 (gōngfuchá)
• 包種茶／包种茶 (bāozhòngchá)
• 北苑茶
• 午時茶／午时茶
• 午茶
• 半熟茶
• 受茶
• 吃碗茶
• 吃空茶
• 吃茶 (chīchá)
• 吃講茶／吃讲茶
• 告茶
• 品茶 (pǐnchá)
• 啜茶
• 喝茶 (hēchá)
• 團茶／团茶
• 土茶
• 大茶壺／大茶壶
• 奉茶
• 女兒茶／女儿茶
• 奶茶 (nǎichá)
• 孩兒茶／孩儿茶 (hái'érchá)
• 官茶
• 宣茶
• 家常茶飯／家常茶饭
• 寶珠山茶／宝珠山茶
• 寶珠茶／宝珠茶
• 小兒感冒茶／小儿感冒茶
• 小茶
• 山茶 (shānchá)
• 岕茶
• 工夫茶 (gōngfuchá)
• 年茶
• 幻茶
• 建茶
• 引茶
• 待茶
• 惡茶白賴／恶茶白赖
• 打茶
• 打茶圍／打茶围
• 打茶會／打茶会
• 拜茶
• 挑茶斡刺
• 採茶／采茶 (cǎichá)
• 接茶
• 採茶戲／采茶戏 (cǎicháxì)
• 採茶歌／采茶歌
• 搉茶
• 撤茶
• 攢茶／攒茶
• 散茶
• 新茶 (xīnchá)
• 早茶 (zǎochá)
• 明德茶
• 春茶 (chūnchá)
• 晚茶
• 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá)
• 會茶／会茶
• 末茶 (mòchá)
• 杏仁茶 (xìngrénchá)
• 果茶
• 板藍根茶／板蓝根茶
• 枸杞茶
• 柳眼茶
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá, “daily necessities”)
• 桂花茶 (guìhuā chá)
• 梅水茶
• 棍兒茶／棍儿茶
• 椒茶
• 楊妃山茶／杨妃山茶
• 楊妃茶／杨妃茶
• 榷茶
• 榷酒征茶
• 欒茶／栾茶
• 殘茶剩飯／残茶剩饭 (cáncháshèngfàn)
• 毛尖茶
• 毛茶 (máochá)
• 沒吃茶／没吃茶
• 沙茶 (shāchá)
• 沏茶 (qīchá)
• 沖茶／冲茶 (chōngchá)
• 泡沫紅茶／泡沫红茶
• 油茶 (yóuchá)
• 泡茶 (pàochá)
• 沱茶
• 泡茶館／泡茶馆
• 油茶麵／油茶面
• 油茶麵兒／油茶面儿
• 浪酒閒茶／浪酒闲茶
• 涼茶／凉茶 (liángchá)
• 清茶 (qīngchá)
• 清茶淡話／清茶淡话
• 清茶淡飯／清茶淡饭
• 淡飯清茶／淡饭清茶
• 澗茶／涧茶
• 濃茶／浓茶 (nóngchá)
• 瀹茶
• 火前茶
• 炙茶
• 烏龍茶／乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá)
• 烹茶 (pēngchá)
• 焙茶
• 無茶／无茶
• 煎茶 (jiānchá)
• 熟茶
• 熬茶
• 片茶
• 獻茶／献茶
• 珠露茶
• 甘茶
• 生茶
• 用茶
• 畾茶
• 痷茶
• 白茶 (báichá)
• 白鶴茶／白鹤茶
• 的乳茶
• 盤龍茶／盘龙茶
• 盼盼茶茶
• 看茶 (kànchá)
• 真茶
• 磚茶／砖茶 (zhuānchá)
• 私茶
• 秋茶
• 粗茶淡飯／粗茶淡饭 (cūchádànfàn)
• 紅茶／红茶 (hóngchá)
• 紅茶花節／红茶花节
• 素分茶
• 素茶
• 細葉山茶／细叶山茶
• 緊壓茶／紧压茶
• 綠茶／绿茶 (lǜchá)
• 網路茶屋／网路茶屋
• 繡茶／绣茶
• 老人茶
• 肉骨茶 (ròugǔchá)
• 膏茶
• 臘茶／腊茶
• 芽茶 (yáchá)
• 花茶 (huāchá)
• 苦茶
• 苦茶油
• 茉莉花茶 (mòlìhuā chá)
• 茶上
• 茶亭 (chátíng)
• 茶令
• 茶仙
• 茶儀／茶仪
• 茶元 (Cháyuán)
• 茶具 (chájù)
• 茶几
• 茶包 (chábāo)
• 茶匙 (cháchí)
• 茶博士
• 茶品 (chápǐn)
• 茶商 (cháshāng)
• 茶圍／茶围
• 茶園／茶园 (cháyuán)
• 茶坊 (cháfáng)
• 茶垢 (chágòu, “stain on teaware”)
• 茶壺／茶壶 (cháhú)
• 茶夫
• 茶客 (chákè)
• 茶室 (cháshì)
• 茶寮 (cháliáo)
• 茶局子
• 茶屋
• 茶市 (cháshì)
• 茶底
• 茶座 (cházuò)
• 茶庵嶺／茶庵岭 (Chá'ānlǐng)
• 茶引
• 茶役
• 茶思飯想／茶思饭想
• 茶戶／茶户
• 茶房 (cháfáng)
• 茶托 (chátuō)
• 茶攤兒／茶摊儿
• 茶敬
• 茶旗
• 茶晶 (chájīng)
• 茶會／茶会 (cháhuì)
• 茶末
• 茶杯 (chábēi)
• 茶果
• 茶桌
• 茶梅 (cháméi)
• 茶棧／茶栈
• 茶棚 (Chápéng)
• 茶業／茶业 (cháyè)
• 茶槍／茶枪
• 茶榷
• 茶樓／茶楼 (chálóu)
• 茶樹／茶树 (cháshù)
• 茶毗 (túpí)
• 茶毘／茶毗
• 茶毛蟲／茶毛虫
• 茶水 (cháshuǐ)
• 茶水錢／茶水钱
• 茶法
• 茶油 (cháyóu)
• 茶海 (“tea pitcher”)
• 茶湯／茶汤 (chátāng)
• 茶湯壺／茶汤壶 (chátānghú)
• 茶湯會／茶汤会
• 茶滓 (“stain on teaware”)
• 茶滷／茶卤 (chálǔ, “tea left out overnight, stain on teaware”)
• 茶灶
• 茶炊 (cháchuī)
• 茶焙
• 茶煲
• 茶燈／茶灯
• 茶瓜送飯，好人有限／茶瓜送饭，好人有限
• 茶盅 (cházhōng)
• 茶盞／茶盏
• 茶盤／茶盘 (chápán)
• 茶碗 (cháwǎn)
• 茶碾子
• 茶磚／茶砖 (cházhuān)
• 茶社 (cháshè)
• 茶神
• 茶禁
• 茶禮／茶礼
• 茶筅 (cháxiǎn)
• 茶筍／茶笋
• 茶籮／茶箩 (cháluó)
• 茶粥
• 茶精油
• 茶紅酒禮／茶红酒礼
• 茶素
• 茶經／茶经 (Chájīng)
• 茶綱／茶纲
• 茶缸子 (chágāngzi)
• 茶肆 (chásì)
• 茶膏
• 茶舞
• 茶船
• 茶色 (chásè)
• 茶芽 (cháyá)
• 茶花 (cháhuā)
• 茶花女
• 草茶
• 茗茶 (míngchá)
• 茶茶
• 茶茗
• 茶荈
• 茶莊／茶庄
• 茶菊
• 茶菁
• 茶葺 (“stain on teaware”)
• 茶葉／茶叶 (cháyè)
• 茶葉末／茶叶末
• 茶葉蛋／茶叶蛋 (cháyèdàn)
• 茶葉鹼／茶叶碱
• 茶藝／茶艺 (cháyì)
• 茶藝館／茶艺馆
• 茶蠶／茶蚕
• 茶行
• 茶衣
• 茶褐
• 茶褐色 (cháhèsè)
• 茶話／茶话 (cháhuà)
• 茶話會／茶话会 (cháhuàhuì)
• 茶課／茶课
• 茶質／茶质
• 茶農／茶农 (chánóng)
• 茶道 (chádào)
• 茶遲飯晏／茶迟饭晏
• 茶酒 (chájiǔ)
• 茶金
• 茶鋪／茶铺
• 茶錢／茶钱 (cháqián)
• 茶鍾／茶钟
• 茶鏡／茶镜 (chájìng)
• 茶鏽／茶锈 (cháxiù)
• 茶鐺／茶铛
• 茶青 (cháqīng)
• 茶頭／茶头
• 茶顛／茶颠
• 茶食 (cháshi)
• 茶飯／茶饭 (cháfàn)
• 茶飯不思／茶饭不思
• 茶飯無心／茶饭无心
• 茶餅／茶饼 (chábǐng)
• 茶餘／茶余
• 茶餘客話／茶余客话
• 茶餘酒後／茶余酒后 (cháyújiǔhòu)
• 茶餘飯後／茶余饭后 (cháyúfànhòu)
• 茶餘飯飽／茶余饭饱
• 茶館／茶馆 (cháguǎn)
• 茶馬市／茶马市
• 茶鹼／茶碱 (chájiǎn)
• 茶麵子／茶面子
• 茶墨
• 茶點／茶点 (chádiǎn)
• 茶鼎
• 茶鼓
• 菊花茶 (júhuā chá)
• 藥茶／药茶 (yàochá)
• 蜀茶
• 蠟茶／蜡茶
• 蠟面茶／蜡面茶
• 蠻茶／蛮茶
• 行茶
• 試茶／试茶
• 調茶／调茶
• 謝媒茶／谢媒茶
• 讓茶／让茶
• 貢茶／贡茶
• 贊茶／赞茶
• 起茶
• 趙州茶／赵州茶
• 巡茶
• 迦堅茶寒／迦坚茶寒
• 送茶
• 過茶／过茶
• 邊茶／边茶
• 酒後茶餘／酒后茶余
• 酒餘茶後／酒余茶后
• 酥油茶 (sūyóuchá)
• 釅茶／酽茶 (yànchá)
• 采茶歌
• 金花茶
• 錠子茶／锭子茶
• 閔茶／闵茶
• 閒茶浪酒／闲茶浪酒
• 阿茶
• 陸羽茶／陆羽茶
• 隨茶隨飯／随茶随饭
• 雨前茶 (yǔqiánchá)
• 雲霧茶／云雾茶
• 頓茶頓飯／顿茶顿饭
• 頭茶／头茶
• 食茶 (shíchá)
• 飲茶／饮茶 (yǐnchá)
• 養茶／养茶
• 餅茶／饼茶 (bǐngchá)
• 香茶
• 騎火茶／骑火茶
• 高果子茶
• 鬥茶／斗茶
• 鬧茶／闹茶
• 鳩槃茶／鸠槃茶
• 鳩盤茶／鸠盘茶
• 麵茶／面茶 (miànchá)
• 麻茶
• 黃茶／黄茶 (huángchá)
• 黑茶 (hēichá)
• 點花茶／点花茶
• 點茶／点茶
• 黦茶
• 齪茶／龊茶
• 龍井茶／龙井茶
• 龍湫茶／龙湫茶
• 龍芝茶／龙芝茶
• 龍茶／龙茶
• 龍鳳團茶／龙凤团茶
• 龍鳳茶／龙凤茶

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茶):

• → Japanese: 茶(ちゃ) (cha) (see there for further descendants)
• → Okinawan: 茶(ちゃー) (chā)
• → Korean: 차(茶) (cha)
• → Vietnamese: trà (茶)

Others:

• → Cantonese: 嗲 (de¹, “to chat”) (via Teochew)
• →? Cebuano: tsa (via Cantonese)
• → Classical Persian: چَا (čā) (via Mandarin), چَای (čāy) (via Mandarin, with Persian suffix -y(i) added) (see there for further descendants)
• → Drung: cha
• → Dutch: thee (via Hokkien) (see there for further descendants)
• → English: cha, char (via Cantonese)
• → Hlai: dhe (via Hainanese)
• → Khmer: តែ (tae)
• → Malay: ca (via Cantonese)
• → Malay: teh (via Hokkien)
  • Indonesian: teh
• → Mongolian: цай (caj), ᠴᠠᠢ (čai) (via Mandarin)
• → Portuguese: chá (via Cantonese)
  • → Apalaí: xa
  • → Gujarati: ચા (cā)
  • → Hunsrik: Scha
  • → Nheengatu: xaa
  • → Spanish: cha / chá (Philippine Spanish)
    • →? Tagalog: tsa, sa — obsolete, cha, saa, tsaa, chaa
    • →? Cebuano: tsa
  • → Tetum: xá
• → Punjabi: (via Mandarin)

  Gurmukhi script: ਚਾਹ (cāh)

  Shahmukhi script: چاہ (cāh)

• → Spanish: té (via Hokkien)
  • → Asturian: té
  • → Basque: te
  • → Catalan: te
  • → Galician: té
  • → Navajo: dééh
  • → Occitan: tè
• → Proto-Tai: *ɟaːᴬ
  • Bouyei: xaz
  • Lao: ຊາ (sā)
  • Thai: ชา (chaa)
  • Zhuang: caz
• →? Tagalog: tsa (via Cantonese)
• → Tibetan: ཇ (ja)
• → Vietnamese: chè (茶, 𦷨)
• → Yonaguni: さー

References

• “茶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03475

Japanese

Kanji

茶

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tea

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja)^{←ぢや (dya, historical)}
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Tō-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ちゃ (cha, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• お茶(ちゃ) (ocha): tea
• 烏(ウー)竜(ロン)茶(ちゃ) (ūroncha): oolong tea
• 喫(きっ)茶(さ)店(てん) (kissaten): tearoom; café
• 紅(こう)茶(ちゃ) (kōcha): black tea
• 古(こ)茶(ちゃ) (kocha): tea from last year
• 粉(こな)茶(ちゃ) (konacha): dust tea
• 新(しん)茶(ちゃ) (shincha): new tea of the year
• 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo): brown
• 茶(ちゃ)園(えん) (chaen): tea plantation
• 茶(ちゃ)会(かい) (chakai): tea party
• 茶(ちゃ)器(き) (chaki): teaware
• 茶(ちゃ)匙(さじ) (chasaji): teaspoon
• 茶(ちゃ)の湯(ゆ) (chanoyu): tea ceremony
• 茶(ちゃ)畑(ばたけ) (chabatake): tea plantation
• 品(ひん)茶(ちゃ) (hincha): tea evaluation; a game of drinking varieties of tea and guessing them correctly
• 焙(ほう)じ茶(ちゃ) (hōjicha): roasted green tea
• 抹(まっ)茶(ちゃ) (matcha): maccha, matcha
• 無(む)茶(ちゃ) (mucha): reckless
• 緑(りょく)茶(ちゃ) (ryokucha): green tea

Etymology

茶 (cha): a cup of tea.

Kanji in this term
茶
ちゃ Grade: 2
kan'yōon

From various lects of Middle Chinese 茶 (MC drae). Compare Mandarin 茶 (chá), Hakka 茶 (chhà), Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴). Doublet of チャイ (chai).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゃ [chà] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

茶(ちゃ) • (cha) 

1. tea (not used in isolation in modern Japanese)
2. brown

Usage notes

• This term is not used on its own in modern Japanese. For the tea sense, this is used either with the honorific prefix お (o-), as お茶(ちゃ) (ocha), or in a compound such as 茎(くき)茶(ちゃ) (kukicha, literally “stem tea”) or 緑(りょく)茶(ちゃ) (ryokucha, “green tea”).

  お茶(ちゃ)はいかがですか。

  Ocha wa ikaga desuka.

  How about some tea? (Would you like some tea?)

• For the brown sense, this is used with the color suffix 色(いろ) (iro), as in 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo, “brown”, literally “tea color”).

Synonyms

• 茗(めい) (mei) (rare)

Descendants

• → Ainu: チャ (ca)
• → Nivkh: ча (ț’a)
• → Yonaguni: サー (sa:)

See also

• 湯(ゆ) (yu): hot water; (by extension) tea

Korean

Etymology 1

From Early Mandarin 茶 (*tʂʰaᴸᴸ). Compare Mandarin 茶 (chá), Hakka 茶 (chhà), Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [차]

Hanja

Wikisource

茶 (eumhun 차 차 (cha cha))

1. hanja form^? of 차 (“tea”)

Usage notes

• This reading is used as a standalone word to mean "tea."

Compounds

Compounds

• 차례 (茶禮, charye, “ancestral rites; Charye”)
• 녹차 (綠茶, nokcha)
• 말차 (抹茶, malcha)
• 홍차 (紅茶, hongcha)
• 찻잔 (茶盞, chatjan)
• 차반 (茶盤, chaban)
• 냉차 (冷茶, naengcha, “iced tea”)
• 찻장 (茶欌, chatjang, “tea cabinet”)
• 차구 (茶具, chagu)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 茶 (ɖˠa).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	땅 (Yale: ttà)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	차 (Yale: chà)	다 (Yale: tà)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [다]

Hanja

茶 (eumhun 차 다 (cha da))

1. (only in compounds) hanja form^? of 다 (“tea”)
2. (only in compounds) hanja form^? of 다 (“brown”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 다식 (茶食, dasik)
• 다과 (茶菓, dagwa)
• 다기 (茶器, dagi)
• 다구 (茶具, dagu)
• 다방 (茶房, dabang)
• 다화 (茶話, dahwa, “tea-table talk”)
• 다색 (茶色, dasaek)
• 끽다 (喫茶, kkikda)
• 다소 (茶素, daso, “caffeine”)
• 다과회 (茶菓會, dagwahoe, “tea club”)
• 다반사 (茶飯事, dabansa, “everyday affair”)
• 다갈색 (茶褐色, dagalsaek)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

茶: Hán Việt readings: trà
茶: Nôm readings: trà, chè, chà, sà, già, chòe/choè

1. chữ Hán form of trà (“tea”).
2. Nôm form of chè (“tea”).