Meanings
nountea ceremony (plural tea ceremonies)
plural tea ceremonies
- A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.
Synonyms: way of tea, chado, sado, chanoyu, darye
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.
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Translations
Arabic سَادُو, طُقُوس اَلشَّاي
- سَادُو (sadō)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- طُقُوس اَلشَّاي (ṭuqūs aš-šāy)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Bulgarian чайна церемония
- чайна церемония (čajna ceremonija)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Catalan cerimònia del te
- cerimònia del tedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Chinese Mandarin 茶道, 茶儀式 /茶仪式
- 茶道 (chádào)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 茶儀式 /茶仪式 (cháyíshì)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 茶藝 /茶艺 (cháyì)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Czech čanoju, čajový obřad
- čanojudetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- čajový obřaddetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- čajová ceremoniedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Dutch theeceremonie, tja-no-joe
- theeceremoniedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- tja-no-joedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Esperanto teceremonio, ĉanojo
- teceremoniodetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- ĉanojodetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Estonian teetseremoonia
- teetseremooniadetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Finnish teeseremonia, teetaide
- teeseremoniadetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- teetaidedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
French cérémonie du thé, chanoyu
- cérémonie du thédetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- chanoyudetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
German Teezeremonie
- Teezeremoniedetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Hebrew טֶקֶס תֵּה
- טֶקֶס תֵּה (tékes te)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Hungarian teaszertartás
- teaszertartásdetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Icelandic teathöfn
- teathöfndetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Indonesian upacara teh
- upacara tehdetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Italian cerimonia del tè
- cerimonia del tèdetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Japanese 茶の儀式, 茶道
- 茶の儀式 (cha no gishiki)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 茶道detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 茶の湯 (chanoyu)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- お茶 (ocha)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Korean 차 의식, 다도
- 차 의식 (cha uisik)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 다도 (dado)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- 다례 (darye)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Latvian tējas ceremonija
- tējas ceremonijadetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Lithuanian arbatos ceremonija
- arbatos ceremonijadetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Malay majlis teh
- majlis tehdetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Norwegian teseremoni
- teseremonidetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Persian مراسم چای
- مراسم چای (marâsem čây)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Polish ceremonia herbaciana, ceremonia herbaty
- ceremonia herbacianadetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- ceremonia herbatydetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Portuguese cerimónia do chá, cerimônia do chá
- cerimónia do chádetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- cerimônia do chádetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Romanian ceremonia ceaiului
- ceremonia ceaiuluidetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Russian ча́йная церемо́ния, тя-но ю
- ча́йная церемо́ния (čájnaja ceremónija)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- тя-но ю (tja-no ju)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- садо́ (sadó)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Slovak čajový obrad
- čajový obraddetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Spanish ceremonia del té
- ceremonia del tédetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Swedish teceremoni
- teceremonidetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Tamil தேனீர் சடங்கு
- தேனீர் சடங்கு (tēṉīr caṭaṅku)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Thai พิธีชงชา, ซะโด
- พิธีชงชา (pí-tii chong chaa)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- ซะโด (sá-doo)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- ชะโด (chá-doo)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- ชาโนะยุ (chaa-nó-yú)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Turkish çay töreni, çay seremonisi
- çay törenidetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- çay seremonisidetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Ukrainian ча́йна церемо́нія, садо́
- ча́йна церемо́нія (čájna ceremónija)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- садо́ (sadó)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- тядо́ (tjadó)detailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Vietnamese trà đạo, trà nghệ
- trà đạodetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
- trà nghệdetailed ritual in Japan or Asia for preparing, serving and drinking tea
Cite this entry
APA
tea ceremony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20ceremony
MLA
“tea ceremony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20ceremony. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tea ceremony,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20ceremony.
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