茶道

Chinese

		tea; tea plant	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (茶道)		茶	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chádào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ dou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tê-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: chádào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chardaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: chàh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑː²¹ tou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tê-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'doi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te²⁴⁻²² to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/

Noun

茶道

1. East Asian (Chinese, Japanese or Korean) tea ceremony

Synonyms

• 茶藝／茶艺 (cháyì)
• 茶儀式／茶仪式 (cháyíshì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
茶	道
さ Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
茶	道
ちゃ Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

茶道 (hiragana さどう, rōmaji sadō, alternative reading ちゃどう, rōmaji chadō)

1. The East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) tea ceremony; (lit.) the Way of Tea.

   抹茶 (まっちゃ)は茶道 (さどう)でよく使用 (しよう)されている。

   Matcha wa sadō de yoku shiyōsareteiru.

   Matcha is frequently used in the tea ceremony.

2. Master of tea ceremonies

Usage notes

• The reading さどう (sadō) is more common.

Synonyms

• (ceremony): 茶 (ちゃ)の湯 (ゆ) (cha no yu)
• (master of ceremony): 茶坊主 (ちゃぼうず) (chabōzu)