How to write China Tea in English? Shoumei, Narcissus (also called Tieguanyin), Pu 'er, Fragrant Tablets and Longjing.

TEA is called tea in English, and it is similar to this sound in other European countries. The formation process of this sound is unanimously believed to be born from the pronunciation of the word "tea" in Fujian dialect. In China, from the establishment of the "City Shipping Company" in the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Xiamen in Fujian were all prosperous markets for tea import and export in China. Fujian people call tea "TEY" (similar to "paste" sound). Western businessmen who trade with China across the ocean following the main name should buy TEY in large quantities. Tell people when you get back that this thing is called TEY.

However, why is this item called TEY written as TEA in English and pronounced as "ladder"?

According to orthography scholars, the word tea was formed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At that time, the letters E and A were written together as "diphthongs" and pronounced EY (similar to "alas" in Chinese). So the pronunciation of tea at that time was TEY. There are some lines in Shakespeare's plays, all of which end in EA and rhyme with EY, which can be used as evidence.

Language also changes with the development of the times. Later, the English did not regard the letter E-A as another vowel, so the sound "ladder" became popular. At present, only the Irish still maintain the ancient pronunciation. Although the word is written as tea, the sound is still pronounced as "paste".