白茶
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
tea; tea plant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白茶) | 白 | 茶 | |
| simp. #(白茶) | 白 | 茶 | |
Etymology
白 (bái, “white”) describes the hairs covering the buds of the tea plant, which are used to produce some types of white tea, such as 白毫銀針／白毫银针 (“white hair silver needle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
白茶
- white tea:
- The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.
- Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea
- A drink brewed from these tea leaves.
- Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea
- (Taipei Hokkien) boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.
- 2006, Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (in English), →ISBN, page 314:
- The young men from Hong Kong shivered in the compartment like prisoners in a dungeon. They drank hot water. I offered them some of my green tea (Zhulan brand: "A tea from ancient kings for those with kingly tastes") but they said no; they preferred drinking hot water. "White tea," the Chinese call it, bai cha.
- The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 開水 (“boiled water”) [map]
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