煎茶

Chinese

		simmer; decoct	tea; tea plant
trad. (煎茶)		煎	茶
simp. #(煎茶)		煎	茶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹ caa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choaⁿ-tê / choaⁿ-têe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianchá
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-chʻa²
    • Yale: jyān-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianchar
    • Palladius: цзяньча (czjanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹ caa⁴
    • Yale: jīn chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choaⁿ-tê
    • Tâi-lô: tsuann-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvoa'dee
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡suã³³ te²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suã⁴⁴⁻³³ te²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suã⁴⁴⁻²² te²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡suã⁴⁴⁻³³ te²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choaⁿ-têe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuann-têe
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suã⁴⁴⁻²² tɛ¹³/

Verb

煎⫽茶 (verb-object)

1. to make tea; to brew tea

Synonyms

• 泡茶 (pàochá)
• 沏茶 (qīchá)
• 烹茶 (pēngchá)
• 煮茶
• 沖茶／冲茶 (chōngchá)
• 瀹茗 (yuèmíng)
• 燒茶／烧茶 (shāochá)
• (Cantonese) 焗茶, 煲茶
• (Teochew) 釃茶／酾茶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
煎	茶
せん Grade: S	ちゃ Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Etymology

From 煎 (sen, “extract essence by boiling”) +‎ 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]
• (Tokyo) せんちゃ [sèńchá] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

煎(せん)茶(ちゃ) • (sencha) 

1. sencha (infused green tea)
2. any medium-grade green tea, as opposed to 玉露 (gyokuro, “high-grade green tea”) or 番茶 (bancha, “coarse tea”)

Synonyms

• 煎(せん)じ茶(ちゃ) (senjicha)

Derived terms

• 煎茶(せんちゃ)色(いろ) (sencha-iro)
• 煎茶器(せんちゃき) (senchaki)
• 煎茶(せんちゃ)-式(しき) (sencha-shiki)
• 煎茶道(せんちゃどう) (senchadō)
• 深(ふか)蒸(む)し煎茶(せんちゃ) (fukamushi sencha)

Descendants

• English: sencha

See also

• 抹茶(まっちゃ) (matcha)
• 緑(りょく)茶(ちゃ) (ryokucha)

References

• “煎茶”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026