早茶 (zǎo chá) — Cantonese-style morning tea with dim sum (a social meal tradition); spring-picked tea (first harvest of the year)
Definition
In Cantonese culture, 早茶 means the social morning dim-sum meal (广东早茶). The same words also mean 'spring-picked tea' (first harvest, e.g. 明前茶), a separate tea-sense — context decides which.
noun
Cantonese-style morning tea with dim sum (a social meal tradition)spring-picked tea (first harvest of the year)
Examples
- 早茶，。Zhōu mò wǒ men yì jiā rén qù hē zǎo chá, diǎn le xiā jiǎo hé shāo mài.Our family went for dim sum on the weekend and ordered shrimp dumplings and siu mai.
- 早茶。Guǎng dōng rén xǐ huan zài zǎo shàng jiǔ diǎn zuǒ yòu qù chá lóu hē zǎo chá.Cantonese people like to go to the teahouse for morning tea around nine in the morning.
- 早茶，。Zhè zhǒng zǎo chá shì qīng míng qián cǎi zhāi de, wèi dào tè bié qīng xiāng.This spring tea was picked before Qingming and has an especially fragrant taste.
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