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飲茶

飲茶

Chinese

		drink	tea; tea plant
trad. (飲茶)		飲	茶
simp. (饮茶)		饮	茶

Noun

飲茶

yum cha

Verb

飲茶

to drink tea
to go yum cha; to have dim sum

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲	茶
Grade: 3	Grade: 2
Irregular

Noun

飲茶 ‎(hiragana やむちゃ, katakana ヤムチャ, romaji yamucha)

yum cha

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
飲	茶

Noun

飲茶

Hán tự form of ẩm trà, “yum cha”

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǐnchá

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² caa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yím-chhà
Min Nan (POJ): ím-tê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐnchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinchar
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam² caa⁴
  - Yale: yám chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam² tsaa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ t͡sʰɑː²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
  - Hakka Romanization System: im` caˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim³ ca²
  - IPA: /im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)im` caˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim³ ca²
  - IPA: /(j)im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
Min Nan
- (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/