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English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] tea cup
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈtiː.kʌp/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
teacup (plural teacups
A small cup , usually with a handle , commonly used for drinking tea ; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set .
1886 Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales , page 182 :"There isn't wind enough to capsize a tea-cup in a gutter," said Rasmus, and shifted his chew of tobacco with a little black chalk pipe, while he looked around him on all sides.
A unit of measure ; a teacupful . Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] cup for drinking tea
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ m ( pingānā )
Belarusian: філіжанка f ( filižanka )
Bulgarian: чаена чаша f ( čaena čaša )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茶杯 ( caa4 bui1 )
Mandarin: 茶碗 (zh) ( cháwǎn ) , 茶杯 (zh) ( chábēi )
Chuvash: чей курки ( čej k̬urk̬i )
Danish: tekop c
Dutch: theekopje (nl) n
Estonian: teetass (et)
Finnish: teekuppi (fi)
French: tasse à thé (fr) f
German: Teetasse (de) f
Greek: φλιτζάνι τσαγιού n ( flitzáni tsagioú )
Indonesian: cawan (id)
Irish: cupán tae m taechupán m
Japanese: 茶碗 (ja) ( ちゃわん, chawan ) , 湯呑み (ja) , 湯飲み (ja) ( yunomi )
Korean: 찻잔 (ko) ( chatjan )
Macedonian: чајна шолја f ( čajna šolja ) , шолја за чај f ( šolja za čaj )
Malay: cawan (ms)
Maori: tīkapu kaputī
Mongolian: цайны аяга ( cajny ajaga )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tekopp m
Nynorsk: tekopp m
Pennsylvania German: Koppche n
Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
Portuguese: xícara (pt) f chávena (pt) f
Romanian: ceașcă (ro) f
Russian: ча́йная ча́шка f ( čájnaja čáška ) , ча́шка (ru) f ( čáška )
Swedish: tekopp (sv)
Tibetan: ཇ་དཀར ( ja dkar )
Turkish: çay bardağı (tr) , çay fincanı (tr)
Vietnamese: chén uống trà
Adjective [ edit ] teacup (not comparable )
Of an animal, smaller than average. See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ]
