Etymology

chawan

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Today it means: An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed. Full definition →

Mandarin 茶碗 ← Japanese 茶碗
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from茶碗
  2. Mandarin · borrowed from茶碗
  3. English todaychawan

From Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn) or Japanese 茶碗 (chawan, literally “tea bowl”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.