"white tea" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: white teas [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 白茶 (báichá). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|白茶|tr=báichá}} Calque of Chinese 白茶 (báichá) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white tea (countable and uncountable, plural white teas)
  1. The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_tea-en-noun-6f2k4A8t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 17 22 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 17 27 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 16 26 13
  2. A drink brewed from these tea leaves. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (drink made with water and leaves): شَاي أَبْيَض (šāy ʔabyaḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), бе́лая гарба́та (bjélaja harbáta) [feminine] (Belarusian), бял чай (bjal čaj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 白茶 (báichá) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen tee (Finnish), thé blanc [masculine] (French), weißer Tee [masculine] (German), tae geal [masculine] (Irish), tè bianco [masculine] (Italian), 白茶 (shiracha) (alt: しらちゃ) (Japanese), 백차 (baekcha) (alt: 白茶) (Korean), biała herbata [feminine] (Polish), chá branco [masculine] (Portuguese), бе́лый чай (bélyj čaj) [masculine] (Russian), бі́лий чай (bílyj čaj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trà trắng (Vietnamese) Translations (leaves): 白茶葉 (Chinese Mandarin), 白茶叶 (báicháyè) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen tee (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-white_tea-en-noun-hqC-SrYj Disambiguation of 'drink made with water and leaves': 24 49 8 19 Disambiguation of 'leaves': 36 53 6 5
  3. Black tea served with milk. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tea
    Sense id: en-white_tea-en-noun-nW8kdR6g Disambiguation of Tea: 19 30 42 9
  4. Boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_tea-en-noun-en:hot_water_as_hot_beverage
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (drink made with water alone): 白茶 (báichá) (Chinese Mandarin), кипяток (kipjatok) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'drink made with water alone': 14 36 15 36

Inflected forms

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