白茶
Chinese
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
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] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 滾水、茶 |
| Hong Kong | 滾水 | |
| Taishan | 滾水 | |
| Yangjiang | 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 | |
| Zhuolan (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 | |
| 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 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 白 | 茶 |
| しら Grade: 1 |
ちゃ Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi | |
Noun
白茶 (hiragana しらちゃ, rōmaji shiracha)
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