Tea

Why is tea called tea in English? Have you ever wondered that? It's globally recognised that tea originated from China with written records dating back over 2,000 years ago. In the local dialect in Hokkien, tea is pronounced as "tay", so when the Dutch and Portuguese traders came to China, they brought tea back to Europe, the Dutch traders adopted the local sound, “tay”into "thee" in Dutch. And then it went to England, it became tea in English. And that's where tea is from. In French, thé is the same as the local dialect in Hokkien.

为什么茶在英语中被称为tea ？ 你有没有想过这个问题？ 世界公认茶起源于中国，早在2000多年前就有文字记载。 在闽南语中，茶的发音是“tay”，所以当荷兰和葡萄牙商人来到中国时，他们把茶带回了欧洲，荷兰商人采用了当地的发音，把“tay”变成了荷兰语的“thee”。 然后它传到了英国，在英语中变成了tea。 这就是茶的来源。 在法语中，thé与闽南语的方言相同。