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What do the Chinese call mugs or cups made of china? |
Travel Info We call them china cups or china mugs what would a Chinese person call them? A student asked this to my partner this afternoon. Travel Tips China in china is called 闄剁摲 tao-ci, which is more like porcelain. They don't have the concept of "china" like we do. For them it is just a 琚瓙 bei-zi, a cup. They will differentiate between a tea cup and a cup for drinking alcohol but that is about it. Even today, many people don't want to buy "cups" so they use empty jars as a cup and call it a gang zi. Fancy china is not a concept here and the Chinese don't have any concept of bring out the good china or crystal when the friends come over. This will take generations to show as the whole country is coming from a very poverty stricken background only 20 years and less ago, and this sort of thing is not as important as something you can drive or carry with you that is of visual value. China just sits in the cupboard and no one can see it, no "face" value there. Before communism the emperor had a special kind of porcelain that could only be used by him. It was yellow, the color of the Emperor, and the dragon on the design had 5 toes on his foot. Only the royal dragon was allowed this, all others could only have 4 toes. This is copied today and considered to be more of a high-class porcelain in China today. You will see it in some more expensive Chinese restaurants. Source(s): 20 years in the country where china made its debut. Other Travel Tips Home number 101 with saucer i say cup but thats cause i really dont have china damn my chinese if only i paid attention in class That is a good one. I never thought of that one. china the material has no bearing on china the country. china cups cups dishes etc. |
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