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gaiwans

gaiwans is the plural of gaiwan.

Meaning of gaiwan

Noun

gaiwan (plural gaiwans or gaiwan)

  1. A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan.
    • Perhaps the greatest vessel for brewing tea is one of the most simple in construction and design: the gaiwan. In use since at least the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the gaiwan is ubiquitous in Chinese tea culture and consists of only a saucer, a bowl, and a lid.2015, Joseph Wesley Uhl, The Art and Craft of Tea, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 83

Questions about gaiwans

What is gaiwans the plural of?
Gaiwans is the plural of gaiwan.

Words near gaiwans in the dictionary

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