I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots and
meaning.


Thx in advance,
TBerk

T > writes:

> I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> and meaning.

Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of a
bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.

/Lew
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Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

T > writes:

> I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> and meaning.

Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of a
bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

T > writes:

> I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> and meaning.

Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of a
bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

The three characters that make up TUO do not literally mean Bowl. Only
one, the last, is consistent across describing different types of bowls
and it is a character used for fluids. The character for small bowl is
Wan and not one of the three. I think the three characters are an
amalgamation for TUO pinyin with no literal translation except as we
see it in use. On this side of the ocean we describe it as 'bowl'.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> T > writes:
>
> > I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> > and meaning.
>
> Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of
a
> bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
> small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

The three characters that make up TUO do not literally mean Bowl. Only
one, the last, is consistent across describing different types of bowls
and it is a character used for fluids. The character for small bowl is
Wan and not one of the three. I think the three characters are an
amalgamation for TUO pinyin with no literal translation except as we
see it in use. On this side of the ocean we describe it as 'bowl'.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> T > writes:
>
> > I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> > and meaning.
>
> Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of
a
> bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
> small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

The three characters that make up TUO do not literally mean Bowl. Only
one, the last, is consistent across describing different types of bowls
and it is a character used for fluids. The character for small bowl is
Wan and not one of the three. I think the three characters are an
amalgamation for TUO pinyin with no literal translation except as we
see it in use. On this side of the ocean we describe it as 'bowl'.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> T > writes:
>
> > I am Google-ing but only finding it in common usage, not it's roots
> > and meaning.
>
> Literally, Bowl Tea. What it means is tea pressed into the shape of
a
> bowl. The tea is usually Puerh, but not always. The bowls are as
> small as 3g (so-called mini tuocha) and as big as hundreds of grams.
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Here I read that Tuo means 'little bay on the river' but also 'bird's
nest'. The second phrase seems more apt to me.

JB

Here I read that Tuo means 'little bay on the river' but also 'bird's
nest'. The second phrase seems more apt to me.

JB

Another translation you see for TUO puerh is 'peg-top'. The first
character you see for TuoLuo meaning Spinning Top is similar to the
last character you see for TUO. My dictionary shows TuoLuo but nothing
for 'peg'. So the three characters could mean 'peg-top' but definitely
not bowl or bird's nest.

Jim

danube wrote:
> Here I read that Tuo means 'little bay on the river' but also 'bird's
> nest'. The second phrase seems more apt to me.
>
> JB

Another translation you see for TUO puerh is 'peg-top'. The first
character you see for TuoLuo meaning Spinning Top is similar to the
last character you see for TUO. My dictionary shows TuoLuo but nothing
for 'peg'. So the three characters could mean 'peg-top' but definitely
not bowl or bird's nest.

Jim

danube wrote:
> Here I read that Tuo means 'little bay on the river' but also 'bird's
> nest'. The second phrase seems more apt to me.
>
> JB