白茶

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	tea; tea plant
trad. (白茶)		白	茶
simp. #(白茶)		白	茶

Etymology

白 (bái, “white”) describes the hairs covering the buds of the tea plant, which are used to produce some types of white tea, such as 白毫銀針／白毫银针 (“white hair silver needle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báichá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ caa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-tê / pe̍eh-têe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-zo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báichá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báichá
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chʻa²
    • Yale: bái-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchar
    • Palladius: байча (bajča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ caa⁴
    • Yale: baahk chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-tê
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqdee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ te²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² te²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-têe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-têe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tɛ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-zo
    • MiniDict: bah^入 zo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ zo²³/

Noun

白茶

1. white tea:
   1. The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.

      Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea

   2. A drink brewed from these tea leaves.

      Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea

   3. (Taipei Hokkien) boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.
      • 2006, Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (in English), →ISBN, page 314:

        The young men from Hong Kong shivered in the compartment like prisoners in a dungeon. They drank hot water. I offered them some of my green tea (Zhulan brand: "A tea from ancient kings for those with kingly tastes") but they said no; they preferred drinking hot water. "White tea," the Chinese call it, bai cha.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開水 (“boiled water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開水
	Taiwan	開水
	Harbin	開水
	Malaysia	滾水, 燒水
	Singapore	白開水, 開水
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	開水
	Jinan	開水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	開水
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	開水, 滾水
	Wanrong	滾水
	Xi'an	開水
	Xining	開水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	滾水
	Ürümqi	開水, 滾水
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開水, 滾水
	Wuhan	開水
	Guiyang	開水
	Guilin	開水
	Liuzhou	開水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	開水
	Yangzhou	開水, 茶
	Xinghua	開水, 滾水, 透水
	Hefei	開水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	滾水, 茶
	Hong Kong	滾水
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	滾水
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	滾水
	Macau	滾水
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	滾水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	滾水
	Foshan	滾水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	滾水
	Foshan (Shunde)	滾水
	Foshan (Sanshui)	滾水
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	滾水
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	滾水
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	滾水
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	滾水
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	滾水
	Taishan	滾水
	Kaiping (Chikan)	滾水
	Enping (Niujiang)	滾水
	Heshan (Yayao)	滾水
	Dongguan	滾水
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	滾水
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	滾水
	Qingyuan	滾水
	Fogang	滾水
	Yingde (Hanguang)	滾水
	Yangshan	滾水
	Lianshan (Butian)	滾水
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	滾水
	Shaoguan	開水
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滾水
	Renhua	開心水
	Lechang	開水
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	滾水
	Sihui	滾水
	Guangning	滾水
	Deqing	滾水
	Huaiji	滾水
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	滾水
	Yunfu	滾水
	Xinxing	滾水
	Luoding	滾水
	Yunan (Pingtai)	滾水
	Yangjiang	滾水
	Xinyi	滾水
	Maoming (Xinpo)	滾水
	Lianjiang	滾水
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	滾水
	Nanning	滾水
	Wuzhou	滾水
	Yulin	滾水
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	滾水
	Guiping	開水
	Mengshan (Xihe)	滾水
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	滾水
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	滾水
	Baise	開水
	Bobai	滾水
Lingshan	滾水
Pubei	滾水
Qinzhou	滾水
Beihai	滾水
Ningming	開水
Hengzhou	泡心水
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	開水
Gan	Nanchang	開水, 茶
	Pengze	滾水
	Yanshan	濺水
	Lichuan	開水, 茶
	Pingxiang	開水, 茶
Hakka	Meixian	滾水, 沸水 dated
	Xingning	沸水
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	滾水
	Huiyang	沸水
	Huidong (Daling)	沸水
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	開水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	沸水
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	沸水
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沸水, 滾水
	Wuhua (Changbu)	沸水
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	沸水
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	滾水
	Wengyuan	滾水
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滾開水
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	滾水
	Liannan	滾水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	滾水
	Jiexi	滾水
	Luhe	滾水
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	滾水
	Changting	滾水
	Wuping	滾水
	Wuping (Yanqian)	茶, 滾水
	Wuping (Pingyu)	滾水
	Liancheng	滾湯
	Ninghua	滾水
	Yudu	開水, 滾湯, 滾水
	Ningdu	開水
	Ruijin	煎湯
	Shicheng	滾水, 煎水
	Shangyou (Shexi)	爆水
	Tonggu (Sandu)	開水
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	開水
	Dayu	翻心水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滾水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滾水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滾水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滾水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滾水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滾水
	Hong Kong	沸水
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	滾水
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	滾水
	Xinyi (Sihe)	滾水
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	滾水
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	滾水, 開水
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	滾水
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	滾水
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	滾水
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	滾水
	Mengshan (Xihe)	滾水
	Luchuan	滾水
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	開水
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	開水
	Mashan (Pianlian)	開水
	Senai (Huiyang)	滾水, 沸水 dated
	Singkawang	滾水
Huizhou	Jixi	滾水, 開水
Jin	Taiyuan	開水, 滾水
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	開水, 熬水
	Xinzhou	滾水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	滾湯, 開水
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	滾湯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	滾湯
	Pucheng (Shibei)	沸水, 茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	開水, 滾湯
	Gutian	開水
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾水
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	滾水
	Quanzhou	滾水
	Zhangzhou	滾水
	Taipei	白茶, 滾水
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	滾水
	Kaohsiung	滾水
	Yilan	滾水
	Changhua (Lukang)	滾水
	Taichung	滾水
	Tainan	滾水
	Hsinchu	滾水
	Kinmen	滾水
	Penghu (Magong)	滾水
	Penang (Hokkien)	滾水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾水
	Manila (Hokkien)	滾水
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	開水
	Guilin (Biyange)	滾水
	Chaozhou	滾水
	Shantou	滾水
	Shantou (Chenghai)	滾水
	Jieyang	滾水
	Haifeng	滾水
	Leizhou	沸水
	Wenchang	沸水
	Haikou	沸水
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	沸水
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	滾水
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	開水
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	開水
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	開水
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	開水
Shehua	Fu'an	沸水
	Fuding	沸水
	Luoyuan	沸水
	Sanming	沸水
	Shunchang	沸水
	Hua'an	沸水
	Guixi (Zhangping)	沸水
	Cangnan	沸水
	Jingning (Hexi)	沸水
	Lishui	沸水
	Longyou	沸湯
	Chaozhou	滾水
	Fengshun	滾水
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	開水
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	開水
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	開水
Wu	Shanghai	開水, 茶水, 滾水, 滾湯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶
	Suzhou	開水, 茶, 滾水
	Danyang	開水, 滾水, 茶
	Hangzhou	開水
	Ningbo	開水, 滾水, 茶
	Wenzhou	開水, 茶湯
	Jinhua	開水, 滾湯, 茶
Xiang	Changsha	開水, 茶, 滾水子
	Loudi	開水, 滾水
	Shuangfeng	開水
	Quanzhou	開水
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	開水, 滾水

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	茶
しら Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Noun

白(しら)茶(ちゃ) • (shiracha) 

1. white tea