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Definition
To scent tea leaves with flowers.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional process of layering tea leaves with fresh flowers to absorb their fragrance. It is a technical term primarily used in the context of tea production or by tea connoisseurs describing the quality of scented teas like jasmine tea.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the common word 焗, which means to steep or brew tea in hot water. 窨 is a specialized processing step that happens before the tea is sold, not the act of making a cup of tea to drink.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
