teahouse

See also: tea house

English

Alternative forms

tea house, tea-house

Etymology

From tea +‎ house.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiˌhaʊs/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

teahouse (plural teahouses)

A cafe or restaurant that serves tea, usually with light food.
(euphemistic) a public lavatory, particularly (dated US gay slang) as a meeting place for gay men.
Synonym: tearoom

Synonyms

(cafe): tearoom, tea room, teashop, tea shop; see also Thesaurus:pub

Hypernyms

house (structurally)

Translations

a cafe that sells tea

Albanian: çajtore (sq) f
Arabic: مَقْهًى m (maqhan), دَار شَاي f (dār šāy), صَالَة شَاي f (ṣālat šāy)
Armenian: թեյարան (hy) (tʻeyaran)
Azerbaijani: çayevi, çayxana
Bashkir: сәйхана (səyxana)
Belarusian: гарба́тная f (harbátnaja), чайна́я f (čajnája), чайхана́ f (čajxaná) (Central Asia, etc.)
Bengali: চাঘর (caghor), চা ঘর (ca ghor)
Bulgarian: ча́йна f (čájna)
Burmese: လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင် (my) (lakhpak-ranyhcuing)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茶居 (caa⁴ geoi¹), 茶館 / 茶馆 (caa⁴ gun²), 茶樓 / 茶楼 (caa⁴ lau⁴)

Dungan: цагуан (caguan)

Hokkien: 茶店仔 (zh-min-nan) (tê-tiàm-á), 茶館 / 茶馆 (zh-min-nan) (tê-koán)

Mandarin: 茶館 / 茶馆 (zh) (cháguǎn), 茶樓 / 茶楼 (zh) (chálóu)

Wu: 紅茶坊 / 红茶坊 (⁶ghon-zo-faon)
Czech: čajovna (cs) f
Danish: tehus n
Dutch: theehuis (nl) n, tearoom (nl), theesalon (nl)
Esperanto: teejo
Estonian: teemaja
Finnish: teehuone (fi)
French: salon de thé (fr) m, maison de thé (fr) f
Gagauz: çay evi
Georgian: ჩაიხანა (ka) (čaixana)
German: Teehaus (de) n, Teestube (de) f
Greek: τσαγερία f (tsagería)
Hebrew: בֵּית תֵּה m (báyit te)
Hindi: चायघर m (cāyghar), चायख़ाना m (cāyxānā), चाय की दुकान f (cāy kī dukān)
Hungarian: teaház (hu)
Icelandic: tehús n
Ido: teerio
Indonesian: kedai teh, rumah teh
Ingrian: cäinöi
Irish: teach tae m
Italian: sala da tè f, casa da tè f
Japanese: 喫茶店 (ja) (きっさてん, kissaten), 茶店 (ja) (ちゃみせ, chamise, さてん, saten), 茶室 (ja) (ちゃしつ, chashitsu), 茶屋 (ja) (ちゃや, chaya), 茶房 (ja) (さぼ, sabo), ティーハウス (tīhausu) (Western style)
Kazakh: шайхана (şaixana)
Khmer: ហាងតែ (haang tae)
Korean: 찻집 (ko) (chatjip), 다방(茶房) (ko) (dabang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چایخانە (çayxane)

Northern Kurdish: çayxane (ku)
Kyrgyz: чайкана (ky) (caykana)
Lao: ຮ້ານຊາ (hān sā), ໂຮງນ້ຳຊາ (hōng nam sā)
Latvian: tējnīca f
Lithuanian: arbatinė f
Macedonian: чајџилница f (čajdžilnica)
Malay: kedai teh
Manchu: ᠴᠠᡳ
ᡦᡠᠰᡝᠯᡳ (cai puseli)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цайны газар (cajny gazar)

Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (čai-yin ɣaǰar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tehus n
Ottoman Turkish: چایخانه (çayhane)
Pashto: چايخانه f (čâyxāna)
Persian:
Dari: چَایْخَانَه (čāyxāna)

Iranian Persian: چایْخانِه (čâyxâne)
Polish: herbaciarnia (pl) f
Portuguese: casa de chá f, casa de chás f
Punjabi: ਚਾਹਖ਼ਾਨਾ (cāhxānā)
Romanian: ceainărie (ro) f, ceainărie-cofetărie f
Russian: ча́йная (ru) f (čájnaja), чайхана́ (ru) f (čajxaná) (Central Asia, etc.)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чајџиница f, чаја̀на f

Roman: čajdžinica f, čajàna (sh) f
Slovak: čajovňa (sk) f
Slovene: čajnica f
Spanish: casa de té f, salón de té m
Swedish: tehus n
Tajik: чойхона (tg) (čoyxona)
Tatar: чәйханә (tt) (çäyxanä)
Thai: โรงน้ำชา (roong-náam-chaa)
Tibetan: ཇ་ཁང (ja khang)
Turkish: çayhane (tr), çayevi (tr)
Turkmen: çaýhana
Ukrainian: ча́йна f (čájna), чайна́ f (čajná), чайхана́ f (čajxaná) (Central Asia, etc.)
Urdu: چائے خانَہ m (cāe xāna)
Urum: чайхане (çayhane)
Uyghur: چايخانا (chayxana)
Uzbek: choyxona (uz)
Cyrillic: чойхона (choyxona)
Vietnamese: phòng trà, quán trà
Welsh: tŷ te m
Yiddish: טיי־הויז n (tey-hoyz)

a public lavatory particularly as a meeting place for gay men

Spanish: (Argentina) tetera (es) f