green tea

See also: Green Tea and Tea Green

English

A cup of green tea

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 綠茶／绿茶 (lǜchá).

Noun

green tea (countable and uncountable, plural green teas)

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).
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tea

Coordinate terms: black tea, white tea
A beverage brewed from green tea leaves.

Derived terms

green tea cake

Translations

leaves

Arabic: شَايْ أَخْضَر m (šāy ʔaḵḍar)
Burmese: လက်ဖက်ခြောက် (my) (lakhpakhkrauk), အဖန်ခြောက် (my) (a.hpanhkrauk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綠茶葉／绿茶叶 (lǜchá yè)
Czech: zelený čaj (cs) m
Dutch: groene thee
Finnish: vihreä tee (fi)
French: thé vert (fr) m
German: grüner Tee m
Hindi: हरी चाय (harī cāy)
Hungarian: zöld tea (hu)
Italian: tè verde m
Japanese: 緑茶 (ja) (りょくちゃ, ryokucha)
Javanese: ꦠꦺꦃꦲꦶꦗꦺꦴ (téhhijo)
Korean: 녹차(綠茶) (ko) (nokcha)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çaya kesk (ku) f
Lithuanian: žalioji arbata f
Nepali: हरियो चिया (hariyo ciyā)
Persian: چای سبز (čâye sabz)
Polish: zielona herbata (pl) f
Portuguese: chá verde m
Russian: зелёный чай m (zeljónyj čaj)
Scottish Gaelic: tì uaine f
Sinhalese: හරිත තේ (harita tē)
Spanish: té verde m
Swedish: grönt te
Tamil: பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr)
Turkish: yeşil çay (tr)
Vietnamese: trà xanh
Welsh: te gwyrdd m

drink

Afrikaans: groen tee
Albanian: çaj jeshil m
Arabic: شَايْ أَخْضَر m (šāy ʔaḵḍar)
Armenian: կանաչ թեյ (kanačʻ tʻey)
Assamese: গ্ৰীণ টী (grin ti)
Asturian: té verde m
Azerbaijani: yaşıl çay
Bashkir: йәшел сәй (yəşel səy)
Basque: te berde
Belarusian: зялё́ны ча́й m (zjaljóny čáj)
Bulgarian: зелен чай m (zelen čaj)
Burmese: အကြမ်းရည် (a.kram:rany), လက်ဖက်ရည်ကြမ်း (my) (lakhpak-ranykram:), ရေနွေးကြမ်း (my) (re-nwe:kram:)
Catalan: te verd m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 綠茶／绿茶 (luk⁶ caa⁴)

Hokkien: 綠茶／绿茶 (le̍k-tê)

Mandarin: 綠茶／绿茶 (zh) (lǜchá)
Czech: zelený čaj (cs) m
Danish: grøn te
Dutch: groene thee
Esperanto: verda teo
Estonian: roheline tee (et)
Finnish: vihreä tee (fi)
French: thé vert (fr) m
Galician: té verde m
Georgian: მწვანე ჩაი (mc̣vane čai)
German: grüner Tee m
Greek: πράσινο τσάι (prásino tsái)
Gujarati: લીલી ચા (līlī cā)
Hebrew: תה ירוק m
Hungarian: zöld tea (hu)
Indonesian: teh hijau (id)
Italian: tè verde m
Japanese: 緑茶 (ja) (りょくちゃ, ryokucha)
Kazakh: көк шай (kök şai)
Khmer: តែបៃតង (têbaitâng)
Korean: 녹차(綠茶) (ko) (nokcha), 록차 (rokcha) (North Korea)
Latin: thea viridis
Latvian: zaļā tēja f
Lithuanian: žalioji arbata f
Macedonian: зелен чај m (zelen čaj)
Malayalam: ഗ്രീൻ ടീ (grīṉ ṭī)
Marathi: हरित चहा (harit cahā)
Mongolian: ногоон цай (nogoon caj)
Nepali: हरियो चिया (hariyo ciyā)
Norwegian: grønn te
Odia: ଗ୍ରୀନ ଟି (grinô ṭi)
Ojibwe: ozhaawashko-aniibiish
Persian: چای سبز (čây-e sabz)
Polish: zielona herbata (pl) f
Portuguese: chá verde m
Romanian: ceai verde
Russian: зелёный ча́й m (zeljónyj čáj)
Scottish Gaelic: tì uaine
Serbo-Croatian: zeleni čaj
Sinhalese: හරිත තේ (harita tē)
Slovak: zelený čaj m
Slovene: zeleni čaj m
Southern Altai: јажыл чай (ǰažïl čay), кӧк чай (kök čay)
Spanish: té verde m
Swedish: grönt te
Tamil: பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr)
Thai: ชาเขียว (chaa kĭeow)
Tibetan: ཇ་ལྗང་། (ja ljang)
Tok Pisin: grinpela ti
Turkish: yeşil çay (tr)
Tuvan: ногаан шай (nogaan şay)
Ukrainian: зеле́ний ча́й m (zelényj čáj)
Uyghur: كۆك چاي (kök chay), يېشىل چاي (yëshil chay)
Uzbek: koʻk choy
Vietnamese: trà xanh
Welsh: te gwyrdd m

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