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white tea

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A drink brewed from these tea leaves.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Black tea served with milk.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 白茶 (báichá).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 白茶葉 /白茶叶 (báicháyè) — leaves
  • Finnish: valkoinen tee — leaves
  • Polish: biała herbata — leaves
  • Russian: бе́лый чай (bélyj čaj) — leaves
  • Arabic: شَاي أَبْيَض (šāy ʔabyaḍ) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Belarusian: бе́лая гарба́та (bjélaja harbáta) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Bulgarian: бял чай (bjal čaj) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白茶 (báichá) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Finnish: valkoinen tee — drink made with water and leaves
  • French: thé blanc — drink made with water and leaves
  • German: weißer Tee — drink made with water and leaves
  • Irish: tae geal — drink made with water and leaves
  • Italian: tè bianco — drink made with water and leaves
  • Japanese: 白茶 (hakucha) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Korean: 백차 (baekcha) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Polish: biała herbata — drink made with water and leaves
  • Portuguese: chá branco — drink made with water and leaves
  • Russian: бе́лый чай (bélyj čaj) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Ukrainian: бі́лий чай (bílyj čaj) — drink made with water and leaves
  • Vietnamese: trà trắng — drink made with water and leaves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白茶 (báichá) — drink made with water alone
  • Polish: wrzątek — drink made with water alone
  • Russian: кипято́к (kipjatók) — drink made with water alone