caa4 zung1茶盅
Jyutpingcaa4 zung1
Yalechàh jūng
Definition
A small, handleless covered bowl used for brewing and drinking tea.
colloquialdim sumdrink
How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional lidded bowl used for brewing and sipping tea, often found in old-style dim sum restaurants. Unlike a standard teapot, the lid is used to filter the leaves while drinking directly from the bowl. It is a symbol of traditional Cantonese yum cha culture rather than modern teaware.
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The tea brewed in this tea bowl is especially fragrant.
Do you know how to use a tea bowl to drink tea?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with a regular teacup or a teapot. It is a specific piece of equipment that requires a particular technique to hold the lid and bowl together to avoid burning your fingers or spilling tea leaves.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
