Phrase guide

green tea

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka from the My Hero Academia series.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Leaves of the tea plant which are treated with steam or roasted to denature the enzymes that cause the leaves to darken and change taste. (Without this step they would become oolong tea or black tea).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cha, char, Rosie, Rosie Lee, Rosy, Rosy Lee, tay, tea, wet and warm

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A beverage brewed from green tea leaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tea, tea leaf

Narrower terms: hyson

History

Etymology

Calques of Japanese 緑 (みどり midori) and 茶 (お茶 ocha), homonymous to green tea.

Calque of Chinese 綠茶 /绿茶 (lǜchá).

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَايْ أَخْضَر (šāy ʔaḵḍar) — leaves
  • Burmese: လက်ဖက်ခြောက် (lakhpakhkrauk) — leaves
  • Burmese: အဖန်ခြောက် (a.hpanhkrauk) — leaves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠茶葉 /绿茶叶 (lǜchá yè) — leaves
  • Czech: zelený čaj — leaves
  • Dutch: groene thee — leaves
  • Finnish: vihreä tee — leaves
  • French: thé vert — leaves
  • German: grüner Tee — leaves
  • Hindi: हरी चाय (harī cāy) — leaves
  • Hungarian: zöld tea — leaves
  • Italian: tè verde — leaves
  • Japanese: 緑茶 (ryokucha) — leaves
  • Javanese: ꦠꦺꦃꦲꦶꦗꦺꦴ (téhhijo) — leaves
  • Korean: 녹차 (nokcha) — leaves
  • Korean: 록차 (rokcha) — leaves
  • Northern Kurdish: çaya kesk — leaves
  • Lithuanian: žalioji arbata — leaves
  • Nepali: हरियो चिया (hariyo ciyā) — leaves
  • Iranian Persian: چایِ سَبْز (čâ-ye sabz) — leaves
  • Polish: zielona herbata — leaves
  • Portuguese: chá verde — leaves
  • Russian: зелёный чай (zeljónyj čaj) — leaves
  • Scottish Gaelic: tì uaine — leaves
  • Sinhalese: හරිත තේ (harita tē) — leaves
  • Spanish: té verde — leaves
  • Swedish: grönt te — leaves
  • Tamil: பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr) — leaves
  • Tibetan: ཇ་ལྗང (ja ljang) — leaves
  • Turkish: yeşil çay — leaves
  • Urdu: ہَری چائے (harī cāe) — leaves
  • Vietnamese: trà xanh — leaves
  • Welsh: te gwyrdd — leaves
  • Afrikaans: groen tee — drink
  • Albanian: çaj jeshil — drink
  • Southern Altai: јажыл чай (ǰažïl čay) — drink
  • Southern Altai: кӧк чай (kök čay) — drink
  • Arabic: شَايْ أَخْضَر (šāy ʔaḵḍar) — drink
  • Armenian: կանաչ թեյ (kanačʻ tʻey) — drink
  • Assamese: গ্ৰীণ টী — drink
  • Asturian: té verde — drink
  • Azerbaijani: yaşıl çay — drink
  • Bashkir: йәшел сәй (yəşel səy) — drink
  • Basque: te berde — drink
  • Belarusian: зялё́ны ча́й (zjaljóny čáj) — drink
  • Belarusian: зялё́ная гарба́та (zjaljónaja harbáta) — drink
  • Bengali: সবুজ চা (śobuj ca) — drink
  • Bulgarian: зеле́н чай (zelén čaj) — drink
  • Burmese: အကြမ်းရည် (a.kram:rany) — drink
  • Burmese: လက်ဖက်ရည်ကြမ်း (lakhpak-ranykram:) — drink
  • Burmese: ရေနွေးကြမ်း (re-nwe:kram:) — drink
  • Catalan: te verd — drink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 綠茶 /绿茶 (luk6 caa4) — drink
  • Chinese: 綠茶 /绿茶 (le̍k-tê) — drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠茶 /绿茶 (lǜchá) — drink
  • Czech: zelený čaj — drink
  • Danish: grøn te — drink
  • Dutch: groene thee — drink
  • Esperanto: verda teo — drink
  • Estonian: roheline tee — drink
  • Finnish: vihreä tee — drink
  • French: thé vert — drink
  • Galician: té verde — drink
  • Georgian: მწვანე ჩაი (mc̣vane čai) — drink
  • German: grüner Tee — drink
  • Greek: πράσινο τσάι (prásino tsái) — drink
  • Gujarati: લીલી ચા (līlī cā) — drink
  • Hebrew: תה ירוק \ תֵּה יָרֹק (te yarók) — drink
  • Hindi: हरी चाय (harī cāy) — drink
  • Hungarian: zöld tea — drink
  • Icelandic: grænt te — drink
  • Indonesian: teh hijau — drink
  • Irish: tae glas — drink
  • Italian: tè verde — drink
  • Japanese: 緑茶 (ryokucha) — drink
  • Kazakh: көк шай (kök şai) — drink
  • Khmer: តែបៃតង (tae baytɑɑng) — drink
  • Korean: 녹차 (nokcha) — drink
  • Korean: 록차 (rokcha) — drink
  • Kyrgyz: көк чай (kök cay) — drink
  • Lao: ຊາຂຽວ (sā khiāu) — drink
  • Latin: thea viridis — drink
  • Latvian: zaļā tēja — drink
  • Lithuanian: žalioji arbata — drink
  • Macedonian: зелен чај (zelen čaj) — drink
  • Malay: teh hijau — drink
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രീൻ ടീ (grīṉ ṭī) — drink
  • Maltese: tè aħdar — drink
  • Marathi: हरित चहा (harit cahā) — drink
  • Mongolian: ногоон цай (nogoon caj) — drink
  • Nepali: हरियो चिया (hariyo ciyā) — drink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grønn te — drink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grøn te — drink
  • Odia: ଗ୍ରୀନ ଟି (grina ṭi) — drink
  • Ojibwe: ozhaawashko-aniibiish — drink
  • Iranian Persian: چایِ سَبْز (čâ-ye sabz) — drink
  • Polish: zielona herbata — drink
  • Portuguese: chá verde — drink
  • Romanian: ceai verde — drink
  • Russian: зелёный ча́й (zeljónyj čáj) — drink
  • Scottish Gaelic: tì uaine — drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: зѐленӣ ча̏ј — drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: zèlenī čȁj — drink
  • Sinhalese: හරිත තේ (harita tē) — drink
  • Slovak: zelený čaj — drink
  • Slovene: zeleni čaj — drink
  • Spanish: té verde — drink
  • Swedish: grönt te — drink
  • Tajik: чойи сабз (čoy-i sabz) — drink
  • Tamil: பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr) — drink
  • Tatar: яшел чәй (yäşel çäy) — drink
  • Thai: ชาเขียว (chaa-kǐao) — drink
  • Tibetan: ཇ་ལྗང་། (ja ljang) — drink
  • Tok Pisin: grinpela ti — drink
  • Turkish: yeşil çay — drink
  • Turkmen: ýaşyl çaý — drink
  • Turkmen: gok çaý — drink
  • Tuvan: ногаан шай (nogaan şay) — drink
  • Ukrainian: зеле́ний ча́й (zelényj čáj) — drink
  • Urdu: ہَری چائے (harī cāe) — drink
  • Uyghur: كۆك چاي (kök chay) — drink
  • Uyghur: يېشىل چاي (yëshil chay) — drink
  • Uzbek: koʻk choy — drink
  • Uzbek: yashil choy — drink
  • Vietnamese: trà xanh — drink
  • Welsh: te gwyrdd — drink