"tea" meaning in Chinese

See tea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English tea. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|tea}} English tea Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} tea
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) afternoon tea (Classifier: 個/个 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Derived forms: high tea, 食tea (sik6 ti1)
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