# 白茶
## Chinese
### Etymology

白 (bái, “white”) describes the hairs covering the buds of the tea plant, which are used to produce some types of white tea, such as 白毫銀針／白毫银针 (“white hair silver needle”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báichá
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ caa$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-tê / pe̍eh-têe
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$baq-zo
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báichá
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báichá
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: bái-chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchar
*** Palladius: байча (bajča)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ caa$^4$
*** Yale: baahk chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² t͡sʰaː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-tê
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqdee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ te²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ te²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ te²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² te²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-têe
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-têe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tɛ¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$baq-zo
*** MiniDict: bah$^入$ zo
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$baq-zo
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ zo²³/

### Noun

白茶
* white tea:
** The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.
    Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea
** A drink brewed from these tea leaves.
    Coordinate terms: black tea, green tea, yellow tea
** (Taipei Hokkien) boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.
*** 2006, Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (in English), →ISBN, page 314:The young men from Hong Kong shivered in the compartment like prisoners in a dungeon. They drank hot water. I offered them some of my green tea (Zhulan brand: "A tea from ancient kings for those with kingly tastes") but they said no; they preferred drinking hot water. "White tea," the Chinese call it, bai cha.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 開水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 開水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 開水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 開水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 滾水, 燒水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 白開水, 開水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 開水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 開水 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 開水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 開水, 滾水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 滾水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 開水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 開水 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 滾水 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 開水, 滾水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 開水, 滾水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 開水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 開水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 開水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 開水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 開水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 開水, 茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 開水, 滾水, 透水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 滾水, 茶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 開心水 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 滾水 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 開水 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 泡心水 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 開水 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 開水, 茶 |
| Gan | Pengze | 滾水 |
| Gan | Yanshan | 濺水 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 開水, 茶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 開水, 茶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滾水, 沸水 dated |
| Hakka | Xingning | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 沸水, 滾水 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滾開水 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Changting | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 茶, 滾水 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 滾湯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 開水, 滾湯, 滾水 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 開水 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 煎湯 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 滾水, 煎水 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 爆水 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 翻心水 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 沸水 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 滾水, 開水 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 滾水 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 開水 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 滾水, 沸水 dated |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 滾水 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 滾水, 開水 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 開水, 滾水 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 開水, 熬水 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 滾水 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 滾湯, 開水 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 滾湯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 滾湯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 沸水, 茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 開水, 滾湯 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 開水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 白茶, 滾水 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 開水 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 滾水 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 沸水 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 沸水 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 沸水 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 沸水 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 滾水 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 開水 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 開水 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 開水 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 開水 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 沸水 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 沸湯 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 滾水 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 滾水 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 開水 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 開水 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Liangjiatan) | 開水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 開水, 茶水, 滾水, 滾湯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 茶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 開水, 茶, 滾水 |
| Wu | Danyang | 開水, 滾水, 茶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 開水 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 開水, 滾水, 茶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 開水, 茶湯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 開水, 滾湯, 茶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 開水, 茶, 滾水子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 開水, 滾水 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 開水 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 開水 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 開水, 滾水 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 茶 |
| しら Grade: 1 | ちゃ Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||

### Noun

白(しら)茶(ちゃ) • (shiracha)
* white tea