“Tea” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “tea” is お茶 (ocha). In Chinese it is 茶 (chá).
Japanese
お茶
おちゃ · ocha
お昼ご飯のあとにお茶を飲みます。
I drink tea after lunch.
Chinese (Simplified)
茶
chá
我午饭后喝茶。
I drink tea after lunch.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 杯: 一杯茶 means “one tea”.
“Tea” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | お茶 おちゃ · ocha | お昼ご飯のあとにお茶を飲みます。 |
| English | tea /tiː/ | I drink tea after lunch. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 茶 chá | 我午饭后喝茶。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 茶 chá | 我午餐後喝茶。 |
| Korean | 차 | 저는 점심을 먹고 차를 마셔요. |
| Spanish | té | Tomo té después de comer. |
| French | thé | Je bois du thé après le déjeuner. |
| German | Tee | Ich trinke nach dem Mittagessen Tee. |
| Italian | tè | Bevo il tè dopo pranzo. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | chá | Eu tomo chá depois do almoço. |
| Russian | чай | Я пью чай после обеда. |
| Arabic | شاي | أشرب الشاي بعد الغداء. |
| Hindi | चाय | मैं दोपहर के खाने के बाद चाय पीता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | teh | Saya minum teh setelah makan siang. |
| Vietnamese | trà | Tôi uống trà sau bữa trưa. |
| Thai | ชา | ฉันดื่มชาหลังอาหารกลางวัน |
| Turkish | çay | Öğle yemeğinden sonra çay içerim. |
| Dutch | thee | Ik drink thee na de lunch. |
| Swedish | te | Jag dricker te efter lunchen. |
| Polish | herbata | Piję herbatę po obiedzie. |
