bubble tea
bubble tea noun: sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.
Noun
bubble tea (countable and uncountable, plural bubble teas)
bubble tea meaning in Thai, Vietnamese and Myanmar
bubble tea in Thai
- milk tea with tapioca balls
- ชาไข่มุก chaa-kài-múk, ชานมไข่มุก chaa-nom-kài-múk
bubble tea in Vietnamese
- milk tea with tapioca balls
- trà trân châu, trà sữa trân châu
bubble tea in Myanmar
- milk tea with tapioca balls
- ပုလဲနို့လက်ဖက်ရည် pu.lai:nui.lakhpak-rany
Synonyms of bubble tea
Forms of bubble tea
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Origin of bubble tea
A phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “busty woman; tapioca pearl(s)”). The match is from the supposed resemblance of the tapioca pearls to bubbles.
Questions about bubble tea
- What does bubble tea mean?
- Bubble tea means sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.
- What is bubble tea in Thai?
- Bubble tea in Thai is ชาไข่มุก (chaa-kài-múk), ชานมไข่มุก (chaa-nom-kài-múk). See Bubble tea meaning in Thai.
- What part of speech is bubble tea?
- Bubble tea is a noun.
- What is the plural of bubble tea?
- The plural of bubble tea is bubble teas.
Words near bubble tea in the dictionary
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