甜茶

tiánchá

noun

Measure Word

一杯甜茶 bēi

Meanings

1 sweet tea (Tibetan milk-and-sugar tea)
2 sweet-leaf tea (Rubus suavissimus, 甜叶茶)
3 Guangxi sweet tea

Characters

Examples

拉萨的藏族人特别爱喝甜茶。

Lāsà de Zàngzú rén tèbié ài hē tiánchá.

Tibetans in Lhasa especially love to drink sweet tea.

这种甜茶不加糖也是甜的。

Zhè zhǒng tiánchá bù jiā táng yě shì tián de.

This sweet tea is sweet even without adding sugar.

Tips

culture

Three different things share this name: (1) Tibetan 甜茶 — black tea brewed with milk and sugar, the social drink of Lhasa tea houses; (2) 甜叶茶 — made from Rubus suavissimus leaves that are naturally sweet; (3) Guangxi Zhuang-people 甜茶. Context tells you which.

Stroke Order

甜 tián

茶 chá