泡茶

Chinese

		to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen	tea; tea plant
trad. (泡茶)		泡	茶
simp. #(泡茶)		泡	茶
anagram		茶泡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàochá

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ caa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): pau³ ca²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau-chhà
• Eastern Min (BUC): páu-*dà
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phàu-tê / phàu-têe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pao³ dê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàochá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàochá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-chʻa²
    • Yale: pàu-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawchar
    • Palladius: паоча (paoča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ caa⁴
    • Yale: paau chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pau³ ca²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: páu-*dà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ta⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-tê
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phao'dee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ te²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-têe
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-têe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tɛ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pao³ dê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phàu tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ te⁵⁵/

Verb

泡茶

1. to make (infuse) tea

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沏茶 (“to make tea”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沏茶, 泡茶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	沏茶
	Taiwan	泡茶
	Chifeng	沏茶, 泡茶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	沏茶
	Harbin	沏茶, 泡茶
	Shenyang	沏茶, 泡茶
	Singapore	泡茶, 沖茶
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	沏茶
	Tangshan	沏茶, 沖茶
	Cangzhou	沏茶
	Baoding	沏茶, 泡茶
	Shijiazhuang	沏茶
	Jinan	沏茶, 泡茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	泡茶
	Qingdao	沏茶, 泡茶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	沏茶, 泡茶, 沖茶
	Zhengzhou	沏茶
	Xi'an	沏茶, 泡茶
	Xining	沏茶, 泡茶
	Xuzhou	沏茶, 泡茶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	沏茶, 泡茶
	Lanzhou	沏茶, 泡茶
	Ürümqi	沏茶, 泡茶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	泡茶
	Chongqing	泡茶
	Wuhan	泡茶
	Guiyang	泡茶
	Kunming	泡茶
	Guilin	泡茶
	Liuzhou	泡茶, 沖茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	泡茶
	Yangzhou	沏茶, 泡茶
	Nantong	泡茶
	Hefei	泡茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沖茶
	Hong Kong	沖茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	沖茶
	Macau	焗茶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	沖茶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	焗茶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	沖茶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	沖茶
	Foshan	沖茶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	沖茶
	Foshan (Shunde)	沖茶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	沖茶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	沖茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	焗茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	焗茶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	沖茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	沖茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	沖茶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	沖茶
	Taishan	沖茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	沖茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	沖茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	沖茶
	Dongguan	沖茶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	沖茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	沖茶
Gan	Nanchang	泡茶
	Lichuan	泡茶
	Pingxiang	泡茶
Hakka	Meixian	泡茶, 沖茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	焗茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	沖茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	焗茶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	沖茶
	Yudu	泡茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泡茶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	泡茶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	泡茶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	泡茶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	泡茶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泡茶
Huizhou	Jixi	泡茶
	Shexian	泡茶
Jin	Taiyuan	沏茶, 潑茶
	Xinzhou	沏茶, 泡茶
	Linhe	沏茶, 泡茶
	Jining	沏茶
	Hohhot	沏茶
	Zhangjiakou	沏茶
	Handan	沏茶, 泡茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泡茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	泡茶
Southern Min	Xiamen	泡茶
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	泡茶
	Quanzhou	泡茶
	Jinjiang	泡茶
	Zhangzhou	泡茶
	Zhao'an	泡茶
	Tainan	泡茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	泡茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	泡茶
	Chaozhou	沖茶
	Shantou	沖茶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	沖茶
	Jieyang	沖茶
	Haikou	沖茶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	沖茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泡茶, 沖茶
Wu	Shanghai	泡茶, 沖茶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	泡茶
	Suzhou	泡茶
	Danyang	泡茶
	Hangzhou	泡茶
	Ningbo	泡茶
	Wenzhou	泡茶
	Jinhua	泡茶
Xiang	Changsha	泡茶

• 烹茶 (pēngchá)
• 煮茶
• 沖茶／冲茶 (chōngchá)
• 煎茶 (jiānchá)
• 瀹茗 (yuèmíng)
• 燒茶／烧茶 (shāochá)
• (Cantonese) 焗茶, 煲茶
• (Teochew) 釃茶／酾茶

References

• “Entry #4372”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.