茶砖

茶磚

cházhuān

noun

Measure Word

一块茶砖 kuài

Meanings

1 tea brick
2 compressed tea cake

Characters

Examples

他从云南带回一块普洱茶砖。

Tā cóng Yúnnán dài huí yī kuài Pǔ'ěr cházhuān.

He brought back a block of Pu'er tea brick from Yunnan.

茶砖比散茶更容易保存和运输。

Cházhuān bǐ sǎnchá gèng róngyì bǎocún hé yùnshū.

Tea bricks are easier to store and transport than loose tea.

Tips

culture

Pressed tea bricks were once so valuable in Inner Asia that they served as currency along the Tea Horse Road (茶马古道). Yunnan's Pu'er 普洱 and Hunan's Anhua 安化 are the most famous brick-tea regions today.

Stroke Order

茶 chá

砖 zhuān