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Definition
Black tea; a type of fully oxidized tea.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the oxidized tea known as black tea in English, which is distinct from the term for green tea. In local tea restaurants, it is rarely ordered by itself but serves as the base for popular drinks like milk tea or lemon tea.
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bui1杯būiExamples
Do you prefer drinking black tea or green tea?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the term for red tea, which refers to herbal rooibos or specific fermented teas like Pu-erh in some contexts.
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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.
