白茶

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Chinese[edit]

 
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[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

白茶

  1. white tea:
    1. 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
    2. A drink brewed from these tea leaves.
      Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea
    3. (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.

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 開水 (“boiled water”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 開水
Mandarin Beijing 開水
Taiwan 開水
Tianjin 開水
Harbin 開水
Yantai (Muping) 開水
Jinan 開水
Luoyang 開水, 滾水
Wanrong 滾水
Xi'an 開水
Yinchuan 滾水
Xining 開水
Ürümqi 開水, 滾水
Wuhan 開水
Chengdu 開水, 滾水
Guiyang 開水
Guilin 開水
Liuzhou 開水
Yangzhou 開水, 茶
Xinghua 開水, 滾水, 透水
Nanjing 開水
Hefei 開水
Malaysia 滾水, 燒水
Singapore 白開水, 開水
Cantonese Guangzhou 滾水, 茶
Hong Kong 滾水
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 滾水
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 滾水
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 滾水
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 滾水
Macau 滾水
Guangzhou (Panyu) 滾水
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 滾水
Guangzhou (Conghua) 滾水
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 滾水
Foshan 滾水
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 滾水
Foshan (Shunde) 滾水
Foshan (Sanshui) 滾水
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 滾水
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 滾水
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 滾水
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 滾水
Zhuhai (Doumen) 滾水
Jiangmen (Baisha) 滾水
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 滾水
Taishan 滾水
Kaiping (Chikan) 滾水
Enping (Niujiang) 滾水
Heshan (Yayao) 滾水
Dongguan 滾水
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 滾水
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 滾水
Qingyuan 滾水
Fogang 滾水
Yingde (Hanguang) 滾水
Yangshan 滾水
Lianshan (Butian) 滾水
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 滾水
Shaoguan 開水
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 滾水
Renhua 開心水
Lechang 開水
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 滾水
Sihui 滾水
Guangning 滾水
Deqing 滾水
Huaiji 滾水
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 滾水
Yunfu 滾水
Xinxing 滾水
Luoding 滾水
Yunan (Pingtai) 滾水
Yangjiang 滾水
Xinyi 滾水
Maoming (Xinpo) 滾水
Lianjiang 滾水
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 滾水
Nanning 滾水
Wuzhou 滾水
Yulin 滾水
Hepu (Lianzhou) 滾水
Guiping 開水
Mengshan (Xihe) 滾水
Guigang (Nanjiang) 滾水
Beiliu (Tangliao) 滾水
Baise 開水
Bobai 滾水
Lingshan 滾水
Pubei 滾水
Qinzhou 滾水
Beihai 滾水
Ningming 開水
Hengzhou 泡心水
Hezhou (Pumen) 開水
Gan Nanchang 開水, 茶
Pengze 滾水
Yanshan 濺水
Lichuan 開水, 茶
Pingxiang 開水, 茶
Hakka Meixian 滾水, 沸水 dated
Xingning 沸水
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 滾水
Huiyang 沸水
Huidong (Daling) 沸水
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 開水
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 沸水
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 沸水
Wuhua (Huacheng) 沸水, 滾水
Wuhua (Changbu) 沸水
Wuhua (Mianyang) 沸水
Heyuan (Bendihua) 滾水
Wengyuan 滾水
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 滾開水
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 滾水
Liannan 滾水
Conghua (Lütian) 滾水
Jiexi 滾水
Luhe 滾水
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 滾水
Changting 滾水
Wuping 滾水
Wuping (Yanqian) 茶, 滾水
Wuping (Pingyu) 滾水
Liancheng 滾湯
Ninghua 滾水
Yudu 開水, 滾湯, 滾水
Ningdu 開水
Ruijin 煎湯
Shicheng 滾水, 煎水
Shangyou (Shexi) 爆水
Tonggu (Sandu) 開水
Ganzhou (Panlong) 開水
Dayu 翻心水
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 滾水
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 滾水
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 滾水
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 滾水
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 滾水
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 滾水
Hong Kong 沸水
Yangxi (Tangkou) 滾水
Yangchun (Sanjia) 滾水
Xinyi (Sihe) 滾水
Xinyi (Qianpai) 滾水
Gaozhou (Xindong) 滾水, 開水
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 滾水
Huazhou (Xin'an) 滾水
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 滾水
Lianjiang (Qingping) 滾水
Mengshan (Xihe) 滾水
Luchuan 滾水
Luchuan (Daqiao) 開水
Beiliu (Tang'an) 開水
Mashan (Pianlian) 開水
Senai (Huiyang) 滾水, 沸水 dated
Singkawang 滾水
Huizhou Jixi 滾水, 開水
Jin Taiyuan 開水, 滾水
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 開水, 熬水
Xinzhou 滾水
Northern Min Jian'ou 滾湯, 開水
Jian'ou (Dikou) 滾湯
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 滾湯
Pucheng (Shibei) 沸水, 茶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 開水, 滾湯
Gutian 開水
Southern Min Xiamen 滾水
Quanzhou 滾水
Zhangzhou 滾水
Taipei 白茶, 滾水
New Taipei (Sanxia) 滾水
Kaohsiung 滾水
Yilan 滾水
Changhua (Lukang) 滾水
Taichung 滾水
Tainan 滾水
Hsinchu 滾水
Kinmen 滾水
Penghu (Magong) 滾水
Penang (Hokkien) 滾水
Singapore (Hokkien) 滾水
Manila (Hokkien) 滾水
Pingnan (Shangdu) 開水
Guilin (Biyange) 滾水
Chaozhou 滾水
Shantou 滾水
Shantou (Chenghai) 滾水
Jieyang 滾水
Haifeng 滾水
Leizhou 沸水
Wenchang 沸水
Haikou 沸水
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 沸水
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 滾水
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 開水
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) 開水
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 開水
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 開水
Shehua Fu'an 沸水
Fuding 沸水
Luoyuan 沸水
Sanming 沸水
Shunchang 沸水
Hua'an 沸水
Guixi (Zhangping) 沸水
Cangnan 沸水
Jingning 沸水
Lishui 沸水
Longyou 沸湯
Chaozhou 滾水
Fengshun 滾水
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 開水
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 開水
Luxi (Liangjiatan) 開水
Wu Shanghai 開水, 茶水, 滾水, 滾湯
Shanghai (Chongming) 茶
Suzhou 開水, 茶, 滾水
Danyang 開水, 滾水, 茶
Hangzhou 開水
Ningbo 開水, 滾水, 茶
Wenzhou 開水, 茶湯
Jinhua 開水, 滾湯, 茶
Xiang Changsha 開水, 茶, 滾水子
Loudi 開水, 滾水
Shuangfeng 開水
Quanzhou 開水
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 開水, 滾水

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
白 茶
しら
Grade: 1 		ちゃ
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Noun[edit]

白(しら)茶(ちゃ) • (shiracha) 

  1. white tea
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