山茶

Chinese

mountain; hill tea; tea plant
trad. (山茶)
simp. #(山茶)
anagram 茶山

Pronunciation


Noun

山茶

  1. camellia

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
ちゃ
Grade: 2
on’yomi kan’yōon

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んちゃ [sàńchá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

(さん)(ちゃ) or 山茶(サンチャ) • (sancha) 

  1. a tea plant growing in the mountains
  2. Camellia japonica, a species of camellia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つばき
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばき [tsúꜜbàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝba̠kʲi]

Noun

山茶(つばき) or 山茶(ツバキ) • (tsubaki) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 椿 (tsubaki): Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

Proper noun

山茶(つばき) • (Tsubaki) 

  1. a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
ちゃ
Grade: 2

(やま) (yama, mountain) + (ちゃ) (cha, tea)[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

山茶(ヤマチャ) or (やま)(ちゃ) • (yamacha) 

  1. wild-growing tea plants (Camellia sinensis)
    • 1979, Murai Yasuhiko, Cha no bunka shi [Cultural history of tea], page 2:
      そこでこれを(ちゃ)(えん)での(さい)(ばい)(ちゃ)(たい)して「(やま)(ちゃ)」(ヤマチャとかな()きすることが(おお)い)と()んでいる
      Soko de kore o chaen de no saibai cha ni taishite “yamacha”(yamacha toka na kaki suru koto ga ōi) to yonde-iru
      To contrast this with cultivated tea it is called ‘yama-cha’ (often written in katakana or the like)
    • 1992, Nakamura Yōichirō, Cha no minzoku gaku [The folklore of tea], page 50:
      (さん)(しょく)とも(ちゃ)(がゆ)という(てっ)(てい)した()(いき)()られるが、こうした(ちゃ)(がゆ)()(たい)は、ヤマチャ()(せい)する(はん)()(おさ)まる。
      Sanshoku to mo chagayu to iu tettei shita chiiki ga mirareru ga, kō shita chagayu chitai wa, yamacha ga jisei suru han'i ni osamaru.
      An area can be seen where tea porridge is eaten three times a day, but this tea-porridge region coincides with an area where tea grows wild.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. やまちゃ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

山茶

  1. chữ Hán form of Sơn Trà.
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