caa4 wu2茶壺茶壶
Jyutpingcaa4 wu2
Yalechàh wú
Definition
Teapot; a lidded vessel with a handle and spout used for brewing and pouring tea.
colloquialdim sumfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the vessel used for steeping tea leaves, distinct from a kettle used solely for boiling water. In traditional dim sum restaurants, you might hear staff ask to add water to the teapot by saying 加水. It is often associated with the ritual of yum cha, where the teapot is a central object on the table.
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Is there any tea left in the teapot?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
