油茶 (yóuchá) · youcha, oil tea, tea-oil tree (Camellia oleifera)

Measure Word

一碗油茶 wǎn

Meanings

1 youcha
2 oil tea
3 tea-oil tree (Camellia oleifera)

Made with

About the dish

In the north, a thick hot drink of flour fried in oil, savoury or sweet, with sesame and crushed nuts. In Guangxi it is a bitter, gingery tea broth, drunk with puffed rice and peanuts. Both are often eaten at breakfast.

Usually contains peanuts, sesame and wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

广西恭城油茶非常有名。

Guǎngxī Gōngchéng yóuchá fēicháng yǒumíng.

Gongcheng youcha from Guangxi is very famous.

HSK 6

北京的油茶是咸香的。

Běijīng de yóuchá shì xián xiāng de.

Beijing-style youcha is savory and fragrant.

Tips

culture

Two meanings: (1) a thick savory porridge-like drink made from roasted flour, sesame, peanuts, and oil - a northern breakfast staple; (2) the 油茶树 (Camellia oleifera), whose seeds yield 茶油, an edible oil widely used in Hunan and Jiangxi.