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
trad. (茶道)		茶	道
simp. #(茶道)		茶	道

Etymology

Literally, “the way of tea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chádào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tê-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chádào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chádào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-tao⁴
    • Yale: chá-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chardaw
    • Palladius: чадао (čadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: chàh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tê-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'doi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /te²⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /te²⁴⁻²² to⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² to²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /te²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/

Noun

茶道

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

Synonyms

• 茶藝／茶艺 (cháyì)
• 茶儀式／茶仪式 (cháyíshì)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠do̞ː]
• (Tokyo) さどー [sáꜜdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠do̞ː]
• (Tokyo) ちゃどー [cháꜜdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ちゃどー [chàdóó] (Heiban – [0])

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (ceremony): 茶(ちゃ)の湯(ゆ) (chanoyu)
• (master of ceremony): 茶(ちゃ)坊(ぼう)主(ず) (chabōzu)

Noun

茶(さ)道(どう) or 茶(ちゃ)道(どう) • (sadō or chadō) 

1. East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese) tea ceremony; literally, “the way of tea”.

   抹(まっ)茶(ちゃ)は茶(さ)道(どう)でよく使(し)用(よう)されている。

   Matcha wa sadō de yoku shiyō sarete iru.

   Matcha is frequently used in the tea ceremony.

2. master of the tea ceremony

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
茶	道

Noun

茶道 • (dado) (hangeul 다도)

1. hanja form^? of 다도 (“tea ceremony”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
茶	道

Noun

茶道

1. chữ Hán form of trà đạo (“tea ceremony”)