gaiwan

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From Mandarin 蓋碗盖碗 (gàiwǎn, literally lidded bowl).

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gaiwan (plural gaiwans or gaiwan)

  1. A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan.
    • 2015, Joseph Wesley Uhl, The Art and Craft of Tea, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 83:
      Perhaps the greatest vessel for brewing tea is one of the most simple in construction and design: the gaiwan. In use since at least the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the gaiwan is ubiquitous in Chinese tea culture and consists of only a saucer, a bowl, and a lid.

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