tea ceremony

English

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Noun

tea ceremony (plural tea ceremonies)

1. A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.

Usage notes

In English, Japanese tea ceremonies are the most known, so the term generally refers to Japanese tea rituals, if unqualified.

Synonyms

• the way of tea
• Chado, Sado, Chanoyu

Translations

a detailed ritual

• Arabic: سادو (ar) (sado) m, طقوس الشاي (ar) (Taquus al-shay) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶道 (cmn) (chádào), 茶儀式 (cmn), 茶仪式 (cmn) (chá yíshì), 茶藝 (cmn), 茶艺 (cmn) (cháyì)

• Finnish: teeseremonia (fi)
• French: cérémonie du thé (fr) f, chanoyu (fr)
• German: Teezeremonie (de) f

• Japanese: 茶道 (ja) (さどう, sadō, ちゃどう, chadō), 茶の湯 (ja) (ちゃのゆ,　cha-no yu)
• Korean: 다도 (ko) (dado) (茶道 (ko)), 다례 (ko) (darye) (茶禮 (ko)) (Korean style)
• Russian: чайная церемония (ru) (čájnaja ceremónija) f, тя-но ю (ru) (tja-no ju) f, садо (ru) (sadó) f and n
• Turkish: çay töreni (tr), çay seremonisi (tr)
• Vietnamese: trà đạo (vi) (茶道 (vi)), trà nghệ (vi) (茶藝 (vi)) (Vietnamese style)