chan.

Forms: Also chah, chau, chaw, tcha.

Etymology: Chinese (Mandarin) ch'a tea. Also in earlier Italian cia (Florio), Russian tchaĭ tea.

The name of tea n.¹ in the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, which was occasionally used in English at the first introduction of the beverage. (Some subsequently applied it as a name to the special form of rolled tea used in central Asia.) Now used slang for ‘tea’; cf. chai n.², char n.⁶In Phillips.

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun]

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tea-water1818

Seric herb1840

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1616 Cocks Diary I. 215 I sent..a silver chaw pot and a fan to Capt. China wife.

1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China 19 Chá is a leaf of a tree in China, about the bigness of Mirtle.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cha, is a leaf of a tree in China, about the bigness of a Mirtle, which..serves for their ordinary drink.

1658 Mercurius Politicus 30 Sept. (advt.) That excellent..drink called by the Chineans Tcha, by other nations Tay alias Tee.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cha, the Leaf of a Tree in China, which, being steep'd in Water, serves for the ordinary Drink of the Inhabitants.

1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cha, Tea, which the Chinese steeping in Water, use as their common Drink.

1885 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. Cha (Hind.), a kind of tea, rolled up like tobacco, which goes to the interior of Asia.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 15 Chai (Arabic) or cha (Hind.), tea.

1930 Notes & Queries 22 Mar. 206/2 The army slang ‘Cha’ in the sense of tea.

1935 E. Weekley Something about Words x. 183 A bus-driver, who would probably..describe tea as chah.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 6 Sept. 165/4 Untrammelled canteen helpers are sometimes mystified by requests for ‘chah’ from thirsty soldiers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cha
释义	chan. Forms: Also chah, chau, chaw, tcha. Etymology: Chinese (Mandarin) ch'a tea. Also in earlier Italian cia (Florio), Russian tchaĭ tea. The name of tea n.¹ in the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, which was occasionally used in English at the first introduction of the beverage. (Some subsequently applied it as a name to the special form of rolled tea used in central Asia.) Now used slang for ‘tea’; cf. chai n.², char n.⁶In Phillips. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] chia1601 cha1616 tea1658 tsia1662 scandal-potion1786 scandal-broth1795 tea-water1818 Seric herb1840 split pea1857 scandal-water1873 Rosie Lee1901 chai1919 char1919 Rosie1929 1616 Cocks Diary I. 215 I sent..a silver chaw pot and a fan to Capt. China wife. 1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China 19 Chá is a leaf of a tree in China, about the bigness of Mirtle. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cha, is a leaf of a tree in China, about the bigness of a Mirtle, which..serves for their ordinary drink. 1658 Mercurius Politicus 30 Sept. (advt.) That excellent..drink called by the Chineans Tcha, by other nations Tay alias Tee. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cha, the Leaf of a Tree in China, which, being steep'd in Water, serves for the ordinary Drink of the Inhabitants. 1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cha, Tea, which the Chinese steeping in Water, use as their common Drink. 1885 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. Cha (Hind.), a kind of tea, rolled up like tobacco, which goes to the interior of Asia. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 15 Chai (Arabic) or cha (Hind.), tea. 1930 Notes & Queries 22 Mar. 206/2 The army slang ‘Cha’ in the sense of tea. 1935 E. Weekley Something about Words x. 183 A bus-driver, who would probably..describe tea as chah. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 6 Sept. 165/4 Untrammelled canteen helpers are sometimes mystified by requests for ‘chah’ from thirsty soldiers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). chapron. Obsolete. I have: see I pron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1616pron.
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