下午茶

xiàwǔchá
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 afternoon tea
  2. 2 light afternoon meal

Examples

Zhōumò wǒmen yīqǐ qù hē xiàwǔchá ba.
Let's go for afternoon tea this weekend.
Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn de xiàwǔchá hěn yǒumíng.
This hotel's afternoon tea is famous.

Tips

culture
Originally British, adopted enthusiastically in Hong Kong and southern China and now standard across the mainland. Typically pastries, sandwiches and dim-sum-style snacks with tea or coffee, served between lunch and dinner. In offices 下午茶 can also just mean an afternoon snack break.

Stroke Order

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