吃茶

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tea; tea plant
trad. (吃茶/喫茶)		吃/喫	茶
simp. (吃茶)		吃	茶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chīchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄔㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci² ca²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ caa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): qiah⁶ 'ca²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷chiq ⁶zo
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia⁶ za²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihchá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chʻa²
    • Yale: chr̄-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chychar
    • Palladius: чича (čiča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ci² ca²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cca
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹ t͡sʰa²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ caa⁴
    • Yale: hek chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiah⁶ 'ca²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ ˈt͡sʰa²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq ⁶zo
    • MiniDict: chih^入 zo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq ³zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴  zo²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qia⁶ za²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ t͡sa̠¹³/

Verb

吃⫽茶 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal) to have tea
2. (Gan, Wu) to drink boiled water
3. (dated, colloquial, of a girl) to be betrothed

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喝茶, 飲茶, 品茶, 品茗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喝茶
	Taiwan	喝茶
	Ulanhot	喝茶
	Tongliao	喝茶
	Chifeng	喝茶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	喝茶
	Harbin	喝茶
	Singapore	喝茶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喝茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	喝茶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	喝茶
	Wanrong	喝茶
	Zhengzhou	喝茶
	Xi'an	喝茶
	Xuzhou	喝茶, 吃茶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喝茶
	Bayanhot	喝茶
	Lanzhou	喝茶
	Ürümqi	喝茶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喝茶, 吃茶
	Wuhan	喝茶, 灌茶 humorous, 灌消 offensive
	Guiyang	吃茶, 喝茶
	Guilin	喝茶
	Liuzhou	喝茶, 吃茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吃茶, 喝茶
	Yangzhou	吃茶, 喝茶
	Nantong	吃茶
	Hefei	喝茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲茶
	Hong Kong	飲茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飲茶
	Macau	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲茶
	Foshan	飲茶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飲茶
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲茶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲茶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲茶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲茶
	Taishan	飲茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲茶
	Dongguan	飲茶, 食茶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飲茶
	Shaoguan	飲茶
	Yunfu	飲茶
	Yangjiang	吃茶
	Xinyi	飲茶
	Lianjiang	飲茶
	Nanning	飲茶
	Wuzhou	飲茶
	Yulin	吃茶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	吃茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲茶
Gan	Nanchang	吃茶
	Lichuan	吃茶
	Pingxiang	吃茶
Hakka	Meixian	食茶, 啉茶
	Xingning	飲茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	食茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	食茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	食茶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	飲茶
	Changting	食茶
	Yudu	食茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食茶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食茶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食茶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食茶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食茶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啉茶, 食茶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	飲茶
	Sabah (Longchuan)	飲茶
	Singkawang	食茶
Huizhou	Jixi	吃茶
	Shexian	吃茶, 喝茶
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	吃茶
Jin	Taiyuan	喝茶
	Taibus (Baochang)	喝茶
	Linhe	喝茶
	Jining	喝茶
	Hohhot	喝茶
	Baotou	喝茶
	Dongsheng	喝茶
	Haibowan	喝茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	食茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食茶
	Fuqing	食茶
	Singapore (Fuqing)	食茶
Southern Min	Xiamen	啉茶, 食茶
	Quanzhou	食茶, 啉茶
	Jinjiang	啉茶
	Zhangzhou	食茶, 啉茶
	Zhao'an	食茶
	Yilan	哈茶, 食茶
	Tainan	啉茶, 哈茶, 食茶
	Penang (Hokkien)	啉茶, 敲茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啉茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	啉茶
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飲茶
	Chaozhou	食茶, 敲茶
	Shantou	食茶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食茶
	Jieyang	食茶
	Singapore (Teochew)	食茶
	Leizhou	食茶
	Haikou	食茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	食茶
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	飲茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲茶, 吃茶
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	吃茶
Wu	Shanghai	吃茶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃茶
	Suzhou	吃茶
	Danyang	吃茶
	Hangzhou	吃茶
	Ningbo	吃茶
	Wenzhou	欱茶, 吃茶
	Jinhua	吃茶
Xiang	Changsha	吃茶
	Xiangtan	吃茶
	Loudi	吃茶
	Shuangfeng	吃茶
	Quanzhou	喝茶