bubble tea

English

Bubble tea

Etymology

Phono-semantic match for boba tea (q.v.), from the tapioca pearls' supposed resemblance to bubbles.

Noun

bubble tea (countable and uncountable, plural bubble teas)

Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.

Synonyms

boba, boba tea, pearl tea; see also Thesaurus:tea

Translations

milk tea with tapioca balls

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 珍珠奶茶 (zan¹ zyu¹ naai⁵ ca⁴)

Mandarin: 珍珠奶茶 (zh) (zhēnzhū nǎichá)
Finnish: kuplatee
French: thé aux perles m, thé aux bulles m
German: Perlentee m
Japanese: タピオカティー (tapiokatī), パールミルクティー (pārumirukutī)

Korean: 버블티 (beobeulti)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: чай пузыря́ m (čaj puzyrjá), бабл-ти m (babl-ti)
Spanish: té de burbujas m, té de perlas m
Thai: ชาไข่มุก, ชานมไข่มุก
Turkish: inci çayı
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: trà trân châu, trà sữa trân châu

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