# 飲茶
## Chinese

* 飲茶 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 飲茶 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐnchá
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jam$^2$ caa$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngim$^2$ ca$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yím-chhà
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ím-tê
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$in-zo
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnchá
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnchá
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^3$-chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: yǐn-chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinchar
*** Palladius: иньча (inʹča)
*** Sinological IPA : /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jam$^2$ caa$^4$
*** Yale: yám chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^2$ tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^2$ ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm³⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngim$^2$ ca$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡim⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
*** Hakka Romanization System: im$^ˋ$ ca$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^3$ ca$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yím-chhà
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)im$^ˋ$ ca$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^3$ ca$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)im³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ím-tê
*** Tâi-lô: ím-tê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ymdee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /im⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$in-zo
*** MiniDict: in$^去$ zo
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$in-zo
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in³³ zo⁴⁴/

### Verb

飲⫽茶 (verb-object)
* (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink tea
* to go yum cha; to have dim sum
    去飲茶／去饮茶 [Cantonese] ― heoi$^3$ jam$^2$ caa$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to go eat at a dim sum restaurant
    得閒飲茶！／得闲饮茶！ [Cantonese] ― dak$^1$ haan$^4$ jam$^2$ caa$^4$! [Jyutping] ― Let's have dim sum if you're free! (a polite phrase similar to "You must come to dinner!" in English)

#### Synonyms

* (to drink tea):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喝茶, 飲茶, 品茶, 品茗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喝茶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喝茶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喝茶, 灌茶 humorous, 灌消 offensive |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 吃茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 喝茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 飲茶, 食茶 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 飲茶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吃茶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 吃茶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃茶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Changting | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 啉茶, 食茶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 食茶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吃茶 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 吃茶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Jining | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Baotou | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 喝茶 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 啉茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 哈茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啉茶, 哈茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 啉茶, 敲茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 飲茶 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 食茶, 敲茶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 食茶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 飲茶 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飲茶, 吃茶 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 欱茶, 吃茶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 吃茶, 吃開水 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 喝茶 |

### Noun

飲茶
* yum cha (Cantonese-style meal, with dim sum and tea)

### Descendants

* → English: yum cha
* → Japanese: 飲茶(ヤムチャ) (yamucha)
* → Korean: 얌차 (yamcha)
* → Macanese: iam-chá
* → Russian: ямча́ (jamčá)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 飲 | 茶 |
| やむ Grade: 3 | ちゃ Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
* Alternative spelling
* 飮茶 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 飲茶／饮茶 (jam2 caa4), as early as 1943.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) やむちゃ [yàmúꜜchà] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [ja̠mɯ̟t͡ɕa̠]

### Noun

飲(やむ)茶(ちゃ) or 飲茶(ヤムチャ) • (yamucha)
* yum cha

### References

* ↑ https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1033841/101
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 飲 | 茶 |

### Noun

飲茶
* chữ Hán form of ẩm trà (“yum cha”).