tea ceremony

tea ceremony

English

Noun

tea ceremony (plural tea ceremonies)

1. A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.

   Synonyms: way of tea, chado, sado, chanoyu, darye

Usage notes

• In English, Japanese tea ceremonies are the most known, so the term generally refers to Japanese tea rituals, if unqualified.

Translations

detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea

Arabic: سَادُو‎ m (sadō), طُقُوس اَلشَّاي‎ m pl (ṭuqūs aš-šāy) Armenian: չանոյու (čʿanoyu) Azerbaijani: çay mərasimi Belarusian: ча́йная цырымо́нія f (čájnaja cyrymónija) Bulgarian: чайна церемония f (čajna ceremonija) Catalan: cerimònia del te f Chinese: Mandarin: 茶道 (zh) (chádào), 茶儀式, 茶仪式 (cháyíshì), 茶藝 (zh), 茶艺 (zh) (cháyì) Czech: čanoju n, čajový obřad m, čajová ceremonie f Dutch: theeceremonie (nl) f, tja-no-joe n Esperanto: teceremonio, ĉanojo Estonian: teetseremoonia Finnish: teeseremonia (fi), teetaide French: cérémonie du thé f, chanoyu (fr) m German: Teezeremonie f Hebrew: טֶקֶס תֵּה‎ m (tékes te) Hungarian: teaszertartás Icelandic: teathöfn f Indonesian: upacara teh Italian: cerimonia del tè f Japanese: 茶の儀式 (ちゃのぎしき, cha no gishiki), 茶道 (ja) (さどう, sadō; ちゃどう, chadō), (Japanese style) 茶の湯 (ja) (ちゃのゆ, chanoyu), お茶 (ja) (おちゃ, ocha) Korean: 차 의식 (cha uisik), 다도 (dado) (茶道 (ko)), (Korean style) 다례 (darye) (茶禮 (ko))

Latvian: tējas ceremonija f Limburgish: tieëskóns Lithuanian: arbatos ceremonija f Malay: majlis teh Norwegian: teseremoni m Persian: مراسم چای‎ (marâsem čây) Polish: ceremonia herbaciana f, ceremonia herbaty f Portuguese: (Portugal) cerimónia do chá f, (Brazil) cerimônia do chá f Romanian: ceremonie ceaiului f Russian: ча́йная церемо́ния (ru) f (čájnaja ceremónija), тя-но ю f (tja-no ju), садо́ (ru) f or n (sadó) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чајна церемо̀нија f, садо n, ћадо n Roman: čajna ceremònija f, sado n, ćado n Slovak: čajový obrad m Spanish: ceremonia del té f Swedish: teceremoni c Tamil: தேனீர் சடங்கு (tēṉīr caṭaṅku) Thai: พิธีชงชา (pí-tii chong chaa), ซะโด (sá-doo), ชะโด (chá-doo), ชาโนะยุ (chaa-nó-yú) Turkish: çay töreni (tr), çay seremonisi Ukrainian: ча́йна церемо́нія f (čájna ceremónija), садо́ n (sadó), тядо́ n (tjadó) Vietnamese: trà đạo (茶道), (Vietnamese style) trà nghệ (茶藝)