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English
Etymology
From Cantonese 飲茶/饮茶 (jam2 caa4).
Noun
yum cha (uncountable)
- A traditional (usually daytime, sometimes nighttime) Chinese meal, consisting of several small courses (dim sum) and Chinese tea.
Hyponyms
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)
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