飲茶

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Chinese[edit]

drink tea; tea plant
trad. (飲茶)
simp. (饮茶)
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Pronunciation[edit]


Verb[edit]

飲⫽茶 (verb-object)

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink tea
  2. to go yum cha; to have dim sum
    飲茶饮茶 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 jam2 caa4 [Jyutping]  ―  to go eat at a dim sum restaurant

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to drink tea):

Noun[edit]

飲茶

  1. yum cha (Cantonese-style meal, with dim sum and tea)

Descendants[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
やむ
Grade: 3
ちゃ
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
飮茶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Cantonese 飲茶饮茶 (jam2 caa4), as early as 1943.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(やむ)(ちゃ) or 飲茶(ヤムチャ) (yamucha

  1. yum cha

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

飲茶

  1. chữ Hán form of ẩm trà (yum cha).