煎茶

Chinese

pan-fry tea; tea plant
trad. (煎茶)
simp. #(煎茶)

Pronunciation


Verb

煎茶

  1. to make tea; to brew tea

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: S
ちゃ
Grade: 2
on’yomi kan’yōon

Etymology

From (sen, extract essence by boiling) + (cha, tea).

Pronunciation

Noun

煎茶 (hiragana せんちゃ, rōmaji sencha)

  1. sencha (infused green tea)
  2. any medium-grade green tea, as opposed to 玉露 (gyokuro, high-grade green tea) or 番茶 (bancha, coarse tea)

Synonyms

  •  (せん) (ちゃ) (senjicha)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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