TEA    茶

LIQUID FOR DRINKING PRODUCED USING HOT WATER AND LEAVES. []
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for tea is chá 茶, and the custom of drinking tea developed from Han times onwards. Whether SHI refers to tea remains very much an open question. 2. Míng 茗 is an alternative rare designation for tea, especially referring to tea that is plucked late in the plucking season, according to the Tea Classic. 3. Chuǎn 荈 is an alternative word for míng 茗.
Modern Chinese Criteria
茶 茶水 茶葉 NB 咖啡茶 refers to coffee, not tea. first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
Hypernym
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • The Impact of Buddhim on Chinese Material Culture ( KIESCHNICK 2003) p. 262-275

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1365

    • Words (3 items)

    茶  chá OC: ɡrlaa MC: ɖɣɛ 1 Attribution

    The general word for tea is chá 茶, and the custom of drinking tea developed from Han times onwards. Whether SHI refers to tea remains very much an open question.

      Syntactic words
    • nmtea
    茗  míng OC: meeŋʔ MC: meŋ 0 Attributions

    Míng 茗 is an alternative rare designation for tea, especially referring to tea that is plucked late in the plucking season, according to the Tea Classic.

      Syntactic words
    • nmtea; particularly: tea plucked late in the season
    荈  chuǎn OC: thjonʔ MC: tɕhiɛn 0 Attributions

    Chuǎn 荈 is an alternative word for míng 茗.

      Syntactic words
    • nmtea; particularly: tea plucked late in the season