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чай

tea

Meaning of чай

горячий напиток из заваренных листьев растения

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RU[t͡ɕaj]
tea
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чай with English translation

чай usage examples

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

Would you like some tea with your biscuit?

Хочешь немного чая с печеньем?

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

She always drinks green tea after lunch.

Она всегда пьёт зелёный чай после обеда.

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чай synonyms

Related words worth learning together

чайок
Diminutive and informal: a little tea or a friendly way to say tea.
ароматизированный чай
Tea with added flavoring, such as bergamot, vanilla, or fruit.
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🇷🇺ru
чайок

Diminutive and informal: a little tea or a friendly way to say tea.

A1Often
А
🇷🇺ru
ароматизированный чай

Tea with added flavoring, such as bergamot, vanilla, or fruit.

A2Rarely

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чай means tea. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce чай

[t͡ɕaj]

чай translation

tea

чай examples

Would you like some tea with your biscuit?

чай transcription

[t͡ɕaj]

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чай meaning: what does it mean?

горячий напиток из заваренных листьев растения

чай pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

чай is pronounced as [t͡ɕaj]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

чай definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Would you like some tea with your biscuit? Translation: Хочешь немного чая с печеньем?

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