Phrase guide

yellow tea

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

A slightly oxidised Korean tea, made in a similar way to oolong or black tea but with less oxidisation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá).

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَاي أَصْفَر (šāy ʔaṣfar) — Chinese drink
  • Armenian: դեղին թեյ (deġin tʻey) — Chinese drink
  • Breton: te melen — Chinese drink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黃茶 /黄茶 (wong4 caa4) — Chinese drink
  • Hakka Chinese: vòng-chhà — Chinese drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá) — Chinese drink
  • Wu Chinese: 黄茶 — Chinese drink
  • Czech: žlutý čaj — Chinese drink
  • Dutch: gele thee — Chinese drink
  • Esperanto: flava teo — Chinese drink
  • Estonian: kollane tee — Chinese drink
  • Finnish: keltainen tee — Chinese drink
  • French: thé jaune — Chinese drink
  • German: gelber Tee — Chinese drink
  • Hebrew: תה צהוב (te tzahóv) — Chinese drink
  • Indonesian: teh kuning — Chinese drink
  • Interlingua: the jalne — Chinese drink
  • Italian: tè giallo — Chinese drink
  • Japanese: 黄茶 — Chinese drink
  • Korean: 황차 (hwangcha) — Chinese drink
  • Latvian: dzeltenā tēja — Chinese drink
  • Malay: teh kuning — Chinese drink
  • Norwegian: gul te — Chinese drink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gul te — Chinese drink
  • Polish: żółta herbata — Chinese drink
  • Portuguese: chá amarelo — Chinese drink
  • Romanian: ceai galben — Chinese drink
  • Russian: жёлтый чай (žóltyj čaj) — Chinese drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: žuti čaj — Chinese drink
  • Slovak: žltý čaj — Chinese drink
  • Slovene: rumeni čaj — Chinese drink
  • Spanish: té amarillo — Chinese drink
  • Swedish: gult te — Chinese drink
  • Thai: ชาเหลือง (chaalʉ̌ʉang) — Chinese drink
  • Turkish: sarı çay — Chinese drink
  • Ukrainian: жовтий чай (žovtyj čaj) — Chinese drink
  • Welsh: te melyn — Chinese drink
  • Korean: 황차 (hwangcha) — Korean drink
  • Polish: żółta herbata — Korean drink
  • Welsh: te melyn — Korean drink