Etymology

gaiwan

gai·wan
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Today it means: A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan. Full definition →

Mandarin 蓋碗 /盖碗
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from蓋碗 /盖碗
  2. English todaygaiwan

From Mandarin 蓋碗 /盖碗 (gàiwǎn, literally “lidded bowl”).

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