How to Say “Green tea” in Chinese
Food and dining · HSK 2
"Green tea" in Chinese is 绿茶 (lǜ chá). 绿茶 (lǜ chá) is the most common everyday tea in China, served free at most restaurants and gulped down from thermoses by taxi drivers and office workers alike. Famous varieties include 龙井 (Lóngjǐng, Dragon Well) from Hangzhou and 碧螺春 (Bìluóchūn) from Suzhou.
Primary translation
绿茶
lǜ chá
Traditional: 綠茶
When to use it
绿茶 (lǜ chá) is the most common everyday tea in China, served free at most restaurants and gulped down from thermoses by taxi drivers and office workers alike. Famous varieties include 龙井 (Lóngjǐng, Dragon Well) from Hangzhou and 碧螺春 (Bìluóchūn) from Suzhou. The 绿 (lǜ) is notoriously hard to pronounce; it's a front rounded vowel that doesn't exist in English. Note that 绿茶 also has slang meaning online (referring to a 'fake innocent' person), but in any food context it's just the drink. At tea shops, ask for 绿茶 hot (热 rè) or cold (冰 bīng).
Example sentences
我喜欢喝绿茶。
Wǒ xǐhuan hē lǜ chá.
I like drinking green tea.
请给我一壶热绿茶。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì hú rè lǜ chá.
A pot of hot green tea please.
龙井是最有名的绿茶。
Lóngjǐng shì zuì yǒumíng de lǜ chá.
Longjing is the most famous green tea.