Meanings
alternative tieguanyin
- uncountableA variety of oolong tea originating in Anxi, Fujian, China.
Use a covered tea bowl for brewing Tieguanyin tea.
2010, Li Hong, translated by Yilise Lin, Brewing Tea: Appreciating Chinese Tea, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, →ISBN, page 152 more examples
The Tieguanyin tea of Anxi and Tahongpao tea of Wuyi Mountain are well known at home and abroad.
1980 January 21, “Fujian's Vice Governor Writes on Economic Prospects for 1980's”, in FBIS Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14I drink Tieguanyin most nights. Occasionally I'll switch up the tea I drink, but the Iron Goddess of Mercy is the one I continually return to.
2013, Adam Ellis, Books of Adam: The Blunder Years, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN
Origin
- Mandarin鐵觀音 /铁观音
- EnglishTieguanyin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鐵觀音 /铁观音 (tiěguānyīn).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 鐵觀音 /铁观音
- 鐵觀音 /铁观音variety of oolong tea
Chinese Mandarin 鐵觀音 /铁观音
- 鐵觀音 /铁观音 (tiěguānyīn)variety of oolong tea
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Tieguanyin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tieguanyin
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