Chinese edit

drink tea; tea plant
trad. (飲茶)
simp. (饮茶)
 
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Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

飲⫽茶 (verb-object)

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink tea
  2. to go yum cha; to have dim sum
    飲茶饮茶 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 jam2 caa4 [Jyutping]  ―  to go eat at a dim sum restaurant

Synonyms edit

  • (to drink tea):

Noun edit

飲茶

  1. yum cha (Cantonese-style meal, with dim sum and tea)

Descendants edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
やむ
Grade: 3
ちゃ
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
飮茶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cantonese 飲茶饮茶 (jam2 caa4), as early as 1943.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(やむ)(ちゃ) or 飲茶(ヤムチャ) (yamucha

  1. yum cha

References edit

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

飲茶

  1. chữ Hán form of ẩm trà (yum cha).