How to say “would you like a cup of tea" in 50 languages
by Veronica L. Canova
Photo by Monstera Production
Just in time for vacation days, why not learn how to offer someone a cup of tea in different languages?
Mandarin Chinese: 你想喝一杯茶吗？ (Nǐ xiǎng hē yī bēi chá ma?)
Spanish: ¿Te gustaría una taza de té?
Hindi: क्या आप एक कप चाय लेंगे? (Kya aap ek kap chay lenge?)
Arabic: هل تريد كوبًا من الشاي؟ (Hal tureed kuban min al-shay?)
Portuguese: Você gostaria de uma xícara de chá?
Bengali: আপনি কি এক কাপ চা চান? (Apni ki ek kap cha chan?)
Russian: Хотите чашку чая? (Khotite chashku chaya?)
Japanese: お茶を一杯いかがですか？ (Ocha o ippai ikaga desu ka?)
Punjabi: ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਕ ਕੱਪ ਚਾਹ ਪੀਣੀ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੇ ਹੋ? (Kī tusīṁ ika kapa cāha pīṇī cāhudē hō?)
German: Möchten Sie eine Tasse Tee?
Javanese: Sampeyan kepengin secangkir teh?
Wu (Shanghainese): 侬要一杯茶伐？ (Nong yioh yih bae za va?)
Malay/Indonesian: Apakah kamu mau secangkir teh?
Telugu: మీరు ఒక కప్పు టీ తాగుతారా? (Mīru oka kappu ṭī tāgutāra?)
Vietnamese: Bạn có muốn một tách trà không?
Korean: 차 한 잔 드시겠어요? (Cha han jan deusigesseoyo?)
French: Voulez-vous une tasse de thé?
Marathi: तुम्हाला एक कप चहा पाहिजे का? (Tumhala ek kap chaha pahije ka?)
Tamil: நீங்கள் ஒரு கப் டீ வேணுமா? (Nīṅkaḷ oru kapp ṭī vēṇumā?)
Urdu: کیا آپ ایک کپ چائے لیں گے؟ (Kya aap ek cup chai lenge?)
Turkish: Bir fincan çay ister misiniz?
Italian: Vuoi una tazza di tè?
Yue (Cantonese): 你想要一杯茶嗎？ (Nei soeng jiu jat bui caa maa?)
Thai: คุณต้องการชาสักถ้วยไหม? (Khun tongkan cha sak thuai mai?)
Gujarati: તમે એક કપ ચા લેશો? (Tame ek kap cha lesho?)
Persian: آیا یک فنجان چای میخواهید؟ (Aya yek fenjan chai mikhaheed?)
Polish: Chciałbyś filiżankę herbaty?
Ukrainian: Хочеш чашку чаю? (Khochesh chashku chayu?)
Romanian: Vrei o ceașcă de ceai?
Dutch: Wil je een kopje thee?
Greek: Θα ήθελες ένα φλιτζάνι τσάι; (Tha itheles ena flitzani tsai?)
Cebuano: Gusto ka ba og tasa nga tsa?
Hungarian: Kérsz egy csésze teát?
Swedish: Vill du ha en kopp te?
Czech: Chceš šálek čaje?
Amharic: እንደዚህ አንድ እንቁላል ቲያ ይፈልጋሉ? (Indezīh ānid inik’ulali tīya yifeligalu?)
Finnish: Haluatko kupin teetä?
Hebrew: האם אתה רוצה כוס תה? (Ha'im ata rotze kos te?)
Bulgarian: Искаш ли чаша чай? (Iskash li chasha chay?)
Danish: Vil du have en kop te?
Slovak: Chceš šálku čaju?
Tagalog: Gusto mo ba ng tasa ng tsaa?
Serbo-Croatian: Hoćeš li šalicu čaja?
Norwegian: Vil du ha en kopp te?
Malayalam: നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു കപ്പ് ചായ വേണോ? (Niṅṅaḷkku oru kapp cāya vēṇēā?)
Sinhalese: ඔයාට තේ කෝප්පයක් ඕනද? (Oyāta tē kōppayak ōnada?)
Khmer: តើអ្នកចង់ផឹកតែមួយពែងទេ? (Tae anak chong phok tae muoy paeng te?)
Slovenian: Bi rad skodelico čaja?
Hausa: Kuna son kofi na shayi?
Source: Google Translate
About Veronica
Veronica is the main content writer of this website. She is also the co-owner of the Tea Shop.
Veronica works as a tea sommelier, recipe creator, marketing manager, barista and baker.
In her free time Veronica likes playing music, being out in nature and learning languages.