yellow tea

noun

A Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste

OriginChinese 黃茶 /黄茶 →
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Meanings

nounyellow tea (countable and uncountable, plural yellow teas)

plural yellow teas

  1. countableuncountableA Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste
  2. countableuncountableA slightly oxidised Korean tea, made in a similar way to oolong or black tea but with less oxidisation

Origin

  1. Chinese黃茶 /黄茶
  2. Englishyellow tea

Calque of Chinese 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá).

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Translations

Arabic شَاي أَصْفَر
  • شَاي أَصْفَر (šāy ʔaṣfar)Chinese drink
Chinese Cantonese 黃茶 /黄茶
  • 黃茶 /黄茶 (wong⁴ caa⁴)Chinese drink
Chinese Mandarin 黃茶 /黄茶
  • 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá)Chinese drink
Czech žlutý čaj
  • žlutý čajChinese drink
Dutch gele thee
  • gele theeChinese drink
Esperanto flava teo
  • flava teoChinese drink
Estonian kollane tee
  • kollane teeChinese drink
Finnish keltainen tee
  • keltainen teeChinese drink
French thé jaune
  • thé jauneChinese drink
German gelber Tee
  • gelber TeeChinese drink
Hebrew תה צהוב
  • תה צהוב (te tzahóv)Chinese drink
Indonesian teh kuning
  • teh kuningChinese drink
Italian tè giallo
  • tè gialloChinese drink
Japanese 黄茶
  • 黄茶Chinese drink
Korean 황차, 황차
  • 황차 (hwangcha)Chinese drink
  • 황차 (hwangcha)Korean drink
Latvian dzeltenā tēja
  • dzeltenā tējaChinese drink
Malay teh kuning
  • teh kuningChinese drink
Norwegian gul te
  • gul teChinese drink
Polish żółta herbata, żółta herbata
  • żółta herbataChinese drink
  • żółta herbataKorean drink
Portuguese chá amarelo
  • chá amareloChinese drink
Romanian ceai galben
  • ceai galbenChinese drink
Russian жёлтый чай
  • жёлтый чай (žóltyj čaj)Chinese drink
Slovak žltý čaj
  • žltý čajChinese drink
Spanish té amarillo
  • té amarilloChinese drink
Swedish gult te
  • gult teChinese drink
Thai ชาเหลือง
  • ชาเหลือง (chaalʉ̌ʉang)Chinese drink
Turkish sarı çay
  • sarı çayChinese drink
Ukrainian жовтий чай
  • жовтий чай (žovtyj čaj)Chinese drink
Welsh te melyn, te melyn
  • te melynChinese drink
  • te melynKorean drink
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yellow tea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20tea

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“yellow tea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20tea. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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