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茶
Meaning
- tea
- tea plant
Measure word
杯 bēi or 壶 hú
Example sentence
我喜欢茶。
I like tea.
The character 茶
茶 puts 艹, grass, over a tree: the leaf of the tea plant. 茶叶 is that leaf, 红茶 is what English calls black tea and Chinese names for the red liquor, and 奶茶 is tea with milk.