How to Say "Teapot" in Chinese

茶壶

chá hú

The English word "teapot" is translated into Chinese as 茶壶 (chá hú).

茶壶 is the noun used to describe a vessel used for brewing or serving tea.

Meaning: vessel for tea (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The word is composed of 茶 (chá), meaning 'tea' and 壶 (hú), meaning 'pot' or 'flask'.

chá hú

In Chinese art and poetry, the 茶壶 is often paired with the 'tea pet', a small clay figure placed beside the pot that the brewer splashes with leftover tea.
The word 茶 is a linguistic ancestor to the English word 'tea'. Depending on whether the word traveled via the Silk Road or by sea, it evolved into 'chai' or 'tea'.
In certain Chinese tea ceremonies, the 'teapot' is treated as a living entity that needs to be 'nourished' by the tea leaves left inside it.

茶壶里再冲点水在里面。
Swill the teapot out with water.
This sentence is useful for learning how to describe swilling water inside the 茶壶.
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这个茶壶很漂亮。
zhège cháhú hěn piàoliang.
This teapot is very beautiful.
请把茶壶递给我。
qǐng bǎ cháhú dì gěi wǒ.
Please pass the teapot to me.

Haoran and Zihan are having tea in the living room.

浩然 Haoran

梓涵，茶壶里没水了。
Zǐhán, cháhú lǐ méi shuǐ le.
Zihan, there is no more water in the teapot.
梓涵 Zihan

我这就去加水。
Wǒ zhè jiù qù jiā shuǐ.
I will go add water right now.
浩然 Haoran

这个茶壶是用陶瓷做的吗？
Zhège cháhú shì yòng táocí zuò de ma?
Is this teapot made of ceramic?
梓涵 Zihan

是的，它是陶瓷的。
Shì de, tā shì táocí de.
Yes, it is ceramic.

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