白茶
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
tea; tea plant | ||
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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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak6 caa4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-tê / pe̍eh-têe
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5baq-zo
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báichá
- Wade–Giles: pai2-chʻa2
- Yale: bái-chá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchar
- Palladius: байча (bajča)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 白茶
- white tea
- (Taipei Southern Min) boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.
- 2006, Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China, →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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 茶 |
しら Grade: 1 |
ちゃ Grade: 2 |
yutōyomi |
Noun
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