HSK 1 · Food

茶 chá “tea” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 茶 means

  1. tea
  2. tea plant

Measure word 杯 bēi or 壶 hú · 一杯茶 yì bēi chá

How to say 茶

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale茶chá2nd tone, rising

茶 in a sentence

  1. 可以给我一杯茶吗？

    Kěyǐ gěi wǒ yì bēi chá ma?

    Can I have a cup of tea?

    Sentence #693736 from Tatoeba

  2. 你喜欢茶吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan chá ma?

    Do you like tea?

    Sentence #7668773 from Tatoeba

  3. 茶比牛奶贵吗？

    Chá bǐ niúnǎi guì ma?

    Is tea more expensive than milk?

    Sentence #11698443 from Tatoeba

How 茶 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 茶 (chá) with each of its parts in a different colour
茶chátea
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 人person · rén
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidA plant 艹 over a person 人 and a tree 木: tea leaves picked from the bush.

How to write 茶

茶 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

茶 (chá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 茶 (chá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 茶

Words with 茶

红茶hóngchá · black tea绿茶lǜchá · green tea奶茶nǎichá · milk tea

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FAQs

茶 (chá) means “tea” or “tea plant”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it chá: chá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 茶 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 杯 (bēi) or 壶 (hú). For example, one tea is 一杯茶 (yì bēi chá).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 茶 from the suggestions. Typing cha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
茶 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.