白茶
Chinese
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
Noun
白茶
- white tea
- (Taipei Min Nan) boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.
- 2006, Theroux, Paul, 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.
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Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 開水 (“boiled water”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 開水 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 開水 |
Taiwan | 開水 | |
Tianjin | 開水 | |
Jinan | 開水 | |
Xi'an | 開水 | |
Wuhan | 開水 | |
Chengdu | 開水 | |
Yangzhou | 開水, 茶 | |
Hefei | 開水 | |
Malaysia | 滾水, 燒水 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 滾水, 茶 |
Hong Kong | 滾水 | |
Shunde | 滾水 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 滾水 | |
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 滾水 | |
Taishan | 滾水 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 滾水 | |
Dongguan | 滾水 | |
Shaoguan | 開水 | |
Yunfu | 滾水 | |
Yangjiang | 滾水 | |
Xinyi | 滾水 | |
Lianjiang | 滾水 | |
Nanning | 滾水 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 開水, 茶 |
Hakka | Meixian | 滾水 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滾水 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 滾水 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 滾水 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 滾水 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 滾水 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 滾水 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 開水 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 滾湯, 開水 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 開水, 滾湯 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 滾水 |
Quanzhou | 滾水 | |
Zhangzhou | 滾水 | |
Taipei | 白茶, 滾水 | |
Kaohsiung | 滾水 | |
Tainan | 滾水 | |
Taichung | 滾水 | |
Hsinchu | 滾水 | |
Lukang | 滾水 | |
Sanxia | 滾水 | |
Yilan | 滾水 | |
Kinmen | 滾水 | |
Magong | 滾水 | |
Penang | 滾水 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 滾水 | |
Chaozhou | 滾水 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 開水, 茶水 |
Suzhou | 開水, 茶 | |
Wenzhou | 開水, 茶湯 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 開水, 茶 |
Shuangfeng | 開水 |
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