Phrase guide

tea whisk

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chasen, matcha whisk, chaxian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 茶筅 (chasen).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: teevispilä — utensil for tea
  • German: Teebesen — utensil for tea
  • German: Matchabesen — utensil for tea
  • Japanese: 茶筅 (chasen) — utensil for tea
  • Russian: бамбу́ковый ве́нчик (bambúkovyj vénčik) — utensil for tea
  • Russian: ве́нчик для ма́тча (vénčik dlja mátča) — utensil for tea