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茶caa4包baau1

caa4 baau1chá bāo

English

  1. tea bag
  2. (slang) trouble (loanword)
  3. teabag; a small sachet which contains ingredients like tea leaves, dried flowers or powdered tea, boiling water is poured onto it after put inside a cup or pot in order to make tea

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個包住茶葉、乾花或茶粉等材料嘅袋仔,用嚟擺喺杯或茶壺入面沖水落去泡茶飲(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 佢慳到連茶包都要用三次先捨得抌。

    She's so cheap that she uses tea bags three times before she throws them away.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 個茶包沖完茶,五分鐘之後就好拎返出嚟喇。

    After brewing the tea, the teabag should be taken away after five minutes.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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