yum cha

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 飲茶／饮茶 (jam2 caa4).

Noun

yum cha (uncountable)

1. A traditional (usually daytime, sometimes nighttime) Chinese meal, consisting of several small courses (dim sum) and Chinese tea.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:dim sum

Translations

traditional Chinese meal

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 飲茶／饮茶 (jam² caa⁴)

  Hokkien: 飲茶／饮茶 (ím-tê)

  Mandarin: 飲茶／饮茶 (zh) (yǐnchá)

• Finnish: yum cha
• Japanese: 飲茶 (ヤムチャ, yamucha), ヤムチャ (yamucha)
• Korean: 얌차 (yamcha)
• Russian: ямча́ f (jamčá)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: ẩm trà (vi) (飲茶)

See also

• dim sum