Phrase guide

tea ceremony

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: way of tea, chado, sado, chanoyu, darye

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chanoyu

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ceremony

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Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَادُو (sadō) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Arabic: طُقُوس اَلشَّاي (ṭuqūs aš-šāy) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Armenian: չանոյու (čʻanoyu) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Azerbaijani: çay mərasimi — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Belarusian: ча́йная цырымо́нія (čájnaja cyrymónija) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Bulgarian: чайна церемония (čajna ceremonija) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Catalan: cerimònia del te — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶道 (chádào) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶儀式 /茶仪式 (cháyíshì) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶藝 /茶艺 (cháyì) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Czech: čanoju — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Czech: čajový obřad — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Czech: čajová ceremonie — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Dutch: theeceremonie — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Dutch: tja-no-joe — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Esperanto: teceremonio — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Esperanto: ĉanojo — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Estonian: teetseremoonia — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Finnish: teeseremonia — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Finnish: teetaide — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • French: cérémonie du thé — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • French: chanoyu — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • German: Teezeremonie — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Hebrew: טֶקֶס תֵּה (tékes te) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Hungarian: teaszertartás — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Icelandic: teathöfn — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Indonesian: upacara teh — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Italian: cerimonia del tè — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Japanese: 茶の儀式 (cha no gishiki) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Japanese: 茶道 — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Japanese: 茶の湯 (chanoyu) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Japanese: お茶 (ocha) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Korean: 차 의식 (cha uisik) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Korean: 다도 (dado) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Korean: 다례 (darye) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Latvian: tējas ceremonija — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Limburgish: tieëskóns — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Lithuanian: arbatos ceremonija — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Malay: majlis teh — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Norwegian: teseremoni — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Persian: مراسم چای (marâsem čây) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Polish: ceremonia herbaciana — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Polish: ceremonia herbaty — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Portuguese: cerimónia do chá — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Portuguese: cerimônia do chá — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Romanian: ceremonia ceaiului — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Russian: ча́йная церемо́ния (čájnaja ceremónija) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Russian: тя-но ю (tja-no ju) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Russian: садо́ (sadó) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: чајна церемо̀нија — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: садо — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ћадо — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: čajna ceremònija — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: sado — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćado — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Slovak: čajový obrad — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Spanish: ceremonia del té — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Swedish: teceremoni — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Tamil: தேனீர் சடங்கு (tēṉīr caṭaṅku) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Thai: พิธีชงชา (pí-tii chong chaa) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Thai: ซะโด (sá-doo) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Thai: ชะโด (chá-doo) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Thai: ชาโนะยุ (chaa-nó-yú) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Turkish: çay töreni — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Turkish: çay seremonisi — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Ukrainian: ча́йна церемо́нія (čájna ceremónija) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Ukrainian: садо́ (sadó) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Ukrainian: тядо́ (tjadó) — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Vietnamese: trà đạo — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
  • Vietnamese: trà nghệ — detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea