gaiwan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 蓋碗／盖碗 (gàiwǎn, literally “lidded bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪˈwɑːn/

Noun

gaiwan (plural gaiwans or gaiwan)

1. A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan.
   • 2015, Joseph Wesley Uhl, The Art and Craft of Tea, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 83:

     Perhaps the greatest vessel for brewing tea is one of the most simple in construction and design: the gaiwan. In use since at least the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the gaiwan is ubiquitous in Chinese tea culture and consists of only a saucer, a bowl, and a lid.

Translations

lidded cup or bowl

• Belarusian: гайвань (hajvanʹ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 焗盅 (guk⁶ zung¹)

  Mandarin: 蓋碗／盖碗 (zh) (gàiwǎn)

• Finnish: gaiwan
• French: gaiwan
• German: Gaiwan
• Italian: gaiwan
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 개완(盖碗) (gaewan)

Further reading

• gaiwan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gawain