Etymology

pouchong

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Today it means: A superior kind of souchong tea. Full definition →

Hokkien 包種茶 /包种茶 ← Cantonese 包種 /包种
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  1. Cantonese · borrowed from包種 /包种
  2. Hokkien · borrowed from包種茶 /包种茶
  3. English todaypouchong

Possibly from either Hokkien 包種茶 /包种茶 (pau-chióng-tê, literally “tea of the wrapped kind”) or Cantonese 包種 /包种 (baau¹ zung², literally “the wrapped kind”).

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