擂茶

Chinese

		beat (a drum); beat; to grind	tea; tea plant
trad. (擂茶)		擂	茶
simp. #(擂茶)		擂	茶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léichá

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ caa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-chhà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-tiêe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léichá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léichá
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-chʻa²
    • Yale: léi-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leichar
    • Palladius: лэйча (lɛjča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ caa⁴
    • Yale: lèuih chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: luiˇ caˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui² ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-tiêe
    • Tâi-lô: luî-tiêe
    • IPA (Longyan): /lui¹¹ tiɛ¹¹/

Noun

擂茶

1. leicha; ground tea

   • 擂茶健康擂茶香，擂茶泡出滿遍香。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     擂茶健康擂茶香，擂茶泡出满遍香。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 申梅蘭, 擂茶香

     Lùichhà khien-không lùichhà hiông, lùichhà pau chhut mân-phien hiông. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     Leicha is healthy, leicha is fragrant, leicha makes it fragrant everywhere.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
擂	茶
れい Hyōgaiji	ちゃ Grade: 2
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 擂茶 (léichá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːt͡ɕa̠]

Noun

擂(れい)茶(ちゃ) • (reicha) 

1. leicha

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
擂	茶
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
櫑茶

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) る​いざ [rúꜜìzà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝiza̠]

Noun

擂茶(るいざ) • (ruiza) 

1. a container for tea with a dotted neck

References

• http://chanoyu-to-wa.tumblr.com/post/54255339138/the-three-hundred-lines-of-chanoyu-lines-181
• http://verdure.tyanoyu.net/kama_ruiza.html