bubble tea

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A phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “busty woman; tapioca pearl(s)”). The match is from the supposed resemblance of the tapioca pearls to bubbles.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бъбъл чай (bǎbǎl čaj) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Bulgarian: бъбъл тий (bǎbǎl tij) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Burmese: ပုလဲနို့လက်ဖက်ရည် (pu.lai:nui.lakhpak-rany) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Cherokee: ᏚᏆᎷᏒ ᎤᎦᎶᎦ (duqualusv ugaloga) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Chinese Cantonese: 珍珠奶茶 (zan1 zyu1 naai5 ca4) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Chinese Mandarin: 珍珠奶茶 (zhēnzhū nǎichá) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Chinese Mandarin: 珍奶 (zhēnnǎi) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Finnish: kuplatee — milk tea with tapioca balls
• French: thé aux perles — milk tea with tapioca balls
• French: thé aux bulles — milk tea with tapioca balls
• German: Perlentee — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: buboréktea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: gyöngyös tea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: gyöngytejtea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: buboréktejtea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: bobadzsúsz — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: bobatea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Hungarian: boba — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Italian: tè alle bolle — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Italian: tè alle perle — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Japanese: タピオカティー (tapiokatī) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Japanese: パールミルクティー (pārumirukutī) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Khmer: តែគុជ (taekuc) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Khmer: តែគជ់ (tae kŭəc) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Korean: 버블티 (beobeulti) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Polish: bubble tea — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Portuguese: chá de bolhas — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Portuguese: chá perolado — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Russian: чай с ша́риками (čaj s šárikami) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Russian: пе́нистый чай (pénistyj čaj) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Russian: жемчу́жный чай (žemčúžnyj čaj) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: té de burbujas — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: té de perlas — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: té de bobas — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: té boba — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: cha perlado — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: cha aperlado — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: cha perlino — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Spanish: cha con bolitas — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Swedish: bubbelte — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Thai: ชาไข่มุก (chaa-kài-múk) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Thai: ชานมไข่มุก (chaa-nom-kài-múk) — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Turkish: inci çayı — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Vietnamese: trà trân châu — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Vietnamese: trà sữa trân châu — milk tea with tapioca balls
• Welsh: te swigod — milk tea with tapioca balls