飲茶

Chinese

		drink	tea; tea plant
trad. (飲茶)		飲	茶
simp. (饮茶)		饮	茶
anagram		茶飲／茶饮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jam² caa⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngim² ca³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yím-chhà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ím-tê
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵in-zo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnchá
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-chʻa²
    • Yale: yǐn-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinchar
    • Palladius: иньча (inʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam² caa⁴
    • Yale: yám chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam² tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem² ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngim² ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡim⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: im^ˋ ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim³ ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im^ˋ ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim³ ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ím-tê
    • Tâi-lô: ím-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ymdee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵in-zo
    • MiniDict: in^去 zo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²in-zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in³³ zo⁴⁴/

Verb

飲⫽茶 (verb-object)

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink tea
2. to go yum cha; to have dim sum

   去飲茶／去饮茶 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi³ jam² caa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to go eat at a dim sum restaurant

   得閒飲茶！／得闲饮茶！ [Cantonese]  ―  dak¹ haan⁴ jam² caa⁴! [Jyutping]  ―  Let's have dim sum if you're free! (a polite phrase similar to "You must come to dinner!" in English)

Synonyms

• (to drink tea):

Dialectal synonyms of 喝茶 (“to drink tea”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喝茶, 飲茶, 品茶, 品茗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喝茶
	Taiwan	喝茶
	Ulanhot	喝茶
	Tongliao	喝茶
	Chifeng	喝茶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	喝茶
	Harbin	喝茶
	Singapore	喝茶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喝茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	喝茶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	喝茶
	Wanrong	喝茶
	Zhengzhou	喝茶
	Xi'an	喝茶
	Xuzhou	喝茶, 吃茶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喝茶
	Bayanhot	喝茶
	Lanzhou	喝茶
	Ürümqi	喝茶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喝茶, 吃茶
	Wuhan	喝茶, 灌茶 humorous, 灌消 offensive
	Guiyang	吃茶, 喝茶
	Guilin	喝茶
	Liuzhou	喝茶, 吃茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吃茶, 喝茶
	Yangzhou	吃茶, 喝茶
	Nantong	吃茶
	Hefei	喝茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲茶
	Hong Kong	飲茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	飲茶
	Macau	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飲茶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲茶
	Foshan	飲茶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飲茶
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲茶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲茶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	飲茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲茶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲茶
	Taishan	飲茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲茶
	Dongguan	飲茶, 食茶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飲茶
	Shaoguan	飲茶
	Yunfu	飲茶
	Yangjiang	吃茶
	Xinyi	飲茶
	Lianjiang	飲茶
	Nanning	飲茶
	Wuzhou	飲茶
	Yulin	吃茶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	吃茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲茶
Gan	Nanchang	吃茶
	Lichuan	吃茶
	Pingxiang	吃茶
Hakka	Meixian	食茶, 啉茶
	Xingning	飲茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	食茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	食茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	食茶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	飲茶
	Changting	食茶
	Yudu	食茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食茶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食茶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食茶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食茶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食茶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啉茶, 食茶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	飲茶
	Sabah (Longchuan)	飲茶
	Singkawang	食茶
Huizhou	Jixi	吃茶
	Shexian	吃茶, 喝茶
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	吃茶
Jin	Taiyuan	喝茶
	Taibus (Baochang)	喝茶
	Linhe	喝茶
	Jining	喝茶
	Hohhot	喝茶
	Baotou	喝茶
	Dongsheng	喝茶
	Haibowan	喝茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	食茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食茶
	Fuqing	食茶
	Singapore (Fuqing)	食茶
Southern Min	Xiamen	啉茶, 食茶
	Quanzhou	食茶, 啉茶
	Jinjiang	啉茶
	Zhangzhou	食茶, 啉茶
	Zhao'an	食茶
	Yilan	哈茶, 食茶
	Tainan	啉茶, 哈茶, 食茶
	Penang (Hokkien)	啉茶, 敲茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啉茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	啉茶
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飲茶
	Chaozhou	食茶, 敲茶
	Shantou	食茶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食茶
	Jieyang	食茶
	Singapore (Teochew)	食茶
	Leizhou	食茶
	Haikou	食茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	食茶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	飲茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲茶, 吃茶
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	吃茶
Wu	Shanghai	吃茶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃茶
	Suzhou	吃茶
	Danyang	吃茶
	Hangzhou	吃茶
	Ningbo	吃茶
	Wenzhou	欱茶, 吃茶
	Jinhua	吃茶
Xiang	Changsha	吃茶
	Xiangtan	吃茶
	Loudi	吃茶
	Shuangfeng	吃茶
	Hengyang	吃茶, 吃開水
	Quanzhou	喝茶

Noun

飲茶

1. yum cha (Cantonese-style meal, with dim sum and tea)

Descendants

• → English: yum cha
• → Japanese: 飲茶(ヤムチャ) (yamucha)
• → Korean: 얌차 (yamcha)
• → Macanese: iam-chá
• → Russian: ямча́ (jamčá)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲	茶
やむ Grade: 3	ちゃ Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
飮茶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 飲茶／饮茶 (jam2 caa4), as early as 1943.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やむちゃ [yàmúꜜchà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠mɯ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

飲(やむ)茶(ちゃ) or 飲茶(ヤムチャ) • (yamucha) 

1. yum cha

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
飲	茶

Noun

飲茶

1. chữ Hán form of ẩm trà (“yum cha”).