茶
chá
Pinyin

Definition

茶
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chá
  1. tea
  2. tea plant
  3. CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

搽
chá
  1. 1 to apply (ointment, powder)
  2. 2 to smear
  3. 3 to paint on

Related Words (20)

茶
chá
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea plant
  3. 3 classifier: 杯 bēi
  4. 4 classifier: 壶 hú
奶茶
nǎi chá
  1. 1 milk tea
普洱茶
Pǔ ěr chá
  1. 1 Pu'er tea from the Pu'er region of Yunnan
乌龙茶
wū lóng chá
  1. 1 oolong tea
红茶
hóng chá
  1. 1 black tea
  2. 2 classifier: 杯 bēi
  3. 3 classifier: 壶 hú

Idioms (4)

三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
  1. 1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite

Sample Sentences

有乌龙茶。
yǒu wūlóngchá 。
We have Oolong tea.
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服务员给客人倒茶。
fúwùyuán gěi kèrén dào chá 。
The waiter is pouring tea for the guests.
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我们为你提供拉萨深度游的信息，让你领略最正宗的甜茶馆，和藏民一起吃最地道的食物。
wǒmen wèi nǐ tígōng Lāsà shēndù yóu de xìnxī ，ràng nǐ lǐnglu:è zuì zhèngzōng de tián chá guǎn ，hé zàngmín yīqǐ chī zuì dìdao de shíwù 。
We provide you with in-depth information of Lhasa tours, allowing you to experience the most authentic sweet tea from tea houses and eat the most authentic Tibetan food.
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茶
chá
tea
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红茶
hóng chá
black tea
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奶茶
nǎi chá
milk tea
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我就是觉得这是在巧立名目，仗着人已经到这里了，如果不买就看不了电影。就像买珍珠奶茶不给吸管一样过分。
wǒ jiùshì juéde zhè shì zài qiǎolìmíngmù ，zhàngzhe rén yǐjīng dào zhèlǐ le ，rúguǒ bù mǎi jiù kàn bùliǎo diànyǐng 。jiù xiàng mǎi zhēnzhūnǎichá bù gěi xīguǎn yīyàng guòfèn 。
I think this is a clever way to get people to buy the glasses taking advantage that you’re already there and can’t watch the movie without the glasses. It like buying bubble milk tea but without providing a straw.
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结果有一天，老板来了。他不认识老板，你也知道最后结果是什么吧！他竟然叫老板去倒茶。
jiéguǒ yǒu yìtiān ，lǎobǎn lái le 。tā bù rènshi lǎobǎn ，nǐ yě zhīdào zuìhòu jiéguǒ shì shénme ba ！tā jìngrán jiào lǎobǎn qù dào chá 。
Then one day, the boss came. He didn’t know who the boss is. You know where this is going, right? He asked the boss to pour tea.
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我昨天喝了一壶茶，所以昨晚只睡了四个小时。
wǒ zuótiān hē le yī hú chá ，suǒyǐ zuówǎn zhǐ shuì le sì ge xiǎoshí 。
I drank a pot of tea yesterday so I only slept for four hours last night.
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我是他的哥哥，茶杯。
wǒ shì tā de gēge ，chábēi 。
I am his older brother, Teacup.
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