lǜ chá
thé vert
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我喜欢喝绿茶。
wǒ xǐhuān hē lǜchá.
I like drinking green tea.
绿茶有益于健康。
lǜchá yǒuyìyú jiànkāng.
Green tea is good for your health.
绿茶的种类很多。
lǜchá de zhǒnglèi hěn duō.
There are many varieties of green tea.
碧螺春 (bì luó chūn)
Bi Luo Chun Tea
龙井 (lóng jǐng)
Longjing Tea
红茶 (hóngchá)
black tea
乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá)
oolong tea
The Chinese word 绿茶 (lǜchá) for green tea is a compound of two characters: 绿 (lǜ), meaning "green," and 茶 (chá), meaning "tea." The character 绿 is composed of two parts: the radical 艹 (cǎo), which indicates that the character is related to plants, and the phonetic component 绿 (lǜ), which gives the character its pronunciation. The character 茶 is composed of the radical 木 (mù), which indicates that the character is related to trees, and the phonetic component 茶 (chá), which gives the character its pronunciation.The word 绿茶 (lǜchá) has been used in Chinese for centuries to refer to green tea. The earliest known use of the word is in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), when it was used in a poem by the poet Bai Juyi. The word 绿茶 (lǜchá) is still used today in Chinese to refer to green tea, and it is also used in other languages, such as English, to refer to this type of tea.
