A place where tea is made and served — the word English uses for the Chinese 茶館 and the Japanese tea room, especially when the tea is made with care and the setting matters as much as the drink. In Japanese use it often points to the small building in a garden used for the tea ceremony.

A place where tea is made and served泡茶、供應茶的地方 the word English uses for the Chinese 茶館 and the Japanese tea room英文用這個詞指中文的茶館、日文的茶室 especially when the tea is made with care and the setting matters as much as the drink尤其是泡茶很講究、環境跟茶一樣重要的時候。In Japanese use it often points to the small building in a garden在日文用法裡常指花園裡的小建築 used for the tea ceremony是用來辦茶道的。

Dictionaries usually describe it as Chinese or Japanese because that is where the word arrived from, but be careful: English also uses teahouse for places elsewhere — old-style tea rooms in Britain, teahouses in Iran and Turkey and Central Asia where men sit and talk for hours. So the word has widened.

Dictionaries usually describe it as Chinese or Japanese字典通常說它是中文或日文的 because that is where the word arrived from因為這個詞就是從那裡來的 but be careful不過要小心 English also uses teahouse for places elsewhere英文也把teahouse用在別的地方 old-style tea rooms in Britain, teahouses in Iran and Turkey and Central Asia where men sit and talk for hours像英國的老式茶室、伊朗、土耳其、中亞那種男人坐著聊天聊好幾小時的teahouse。So the word has widened所以這個詞的意思變寬了。

Also written tea house or tea-house. It is a rather bookish, travel-writing sort of word; English speakers describing where they had a cup of tea in their own country are more likely to say tea room, tea shop, or just café.

Also written tea house or tea-house也可以寫成分開的tea house，或加連字號的tea-house。It is a rather bookish, travel-writing sort of word這是個偏書面、旅遊寫作會用的詞 English speakers describing where they had a cup of tea in their own country英語人士講自己國家哪裡喝了杯茶時 are more likely to say tea room, tea shop, or just café比較會說tea room、tea shop、或直接說café。