散茶

sǎnchá

noun

Meanings

1 loose-leaf tea (as opposed to compressed tea)

Characters

loose; scattered

Examples

我更喜欢喝散茶。

Wǒ gèng xǐhuan hē sǎnchá.

I prefer loose-leaf tea.

这家店只卖散茶。

Zhè jiā diàn zhǐ mài sǎnchá.

This shop only sells loose-leaf tea.

Tips

culture

散茶 is loose leaves sold by weight. The opposite is 紧压茶 (compressed tea), like the disk-shaped 饼茶 or brick-shaped 砖茶 common in pu'er.

Stroke Order

散 sàn

茶 chá