飲茶

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Chinese

drink tea; tea plant
trad. (飲茶)
simp. (饮茶)
anagram 茶飲茶饮
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Pronunciation


Verb

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   ―  to go eat at a dim sum restaurant
    得閒飲茶得闲饮茶 [Cantonese]  ―  dak1 haan4 jam2 caa4!   ―  Let's have dim sum if you're free! (a polite phrase similar to "You must come to dinner!" in English)

Synonyms

  • (to drink tea):

Noun

飲茶

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

Descendants

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(やむ)(ちゃ) or 飲茶(ヤムチャ) (yamucha

  1. yum cha

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

飲茶

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