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  2. Etymology of tea - Wikipedia

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    The different words for tea fall into two main groups: "te-derived" and "cha-derived" (Cantonese and Mandarin). [2]Most notably through the Silk Road; [25] global regions with a history of land trade with central regions of Imperial China (such as North Asia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East) pronounce it along the lines of 'cha', whilst most global maritime regions ...

  3. Chai (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Chai is listed 325th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1] As of 2008, it is the 127th most common surname in China, shared by 1.35 million people. [ 2 ]

  4. Chai - Wikipedia

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    Chai most often refers to: . Chai, a word for tea in numerous languages; Masala chai, a blend of black tea and herbs and spices, originating in India; Chai (symbol), the Hebrew word for life and prominent Jewish symbol

  5. List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    A 2010 study by Baiju Shah & al data-mined the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario for a particularly Chinese-Canadian name list. Ignoring potentially non-Chinese spellings such as Lee (49,898 total), [24]: Table 1 they found that the most common Chinese names in Ontario were: [24]

  6. Chinese Indonesian surname - Wikipedia

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    The most common method of adopting Indonesian-sounding names were to obtain a first name alongside an Indonesian surname with elements derived from their Chinese surname. In certain instances, the phonetic spelling of these surnames is utilized instead of their original spelling, likely to aid non-Chinese speakers in accurate pronunciation or ...

  7. Cai (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Cài (Chinese: 蔡) is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state.In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, [1] but the 9th most common in Taiwan (as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "Tsai" (based on Wade-Giles romanization of Standard Mandarin [2]), "Tsay", or "Chai" and the 8th most common in Singapore, where it is usually romanized ...

  8. Masala chai - Wikipedia

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    Masala chai (/ m ə ˈ s ɑː l ə tʃ aɪ /; lit. ' mixed-spice tea ' ) is a popular beverage originating in India . It is made by brewing black tea (usually crush, tear, curl ) in milk and water, and then by sweetening with sugar.

  9. Chinese compound surname - Wikipedia

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    Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve a purpose. Some are originally from various tribes that lived in ancient China, while others were created by joining two one-character family names.