Bubble tea
Phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 ( bo1 baa3 , “ busty woman; tapioca pearl(s) ” ) . The match is from the tapioca pearls' supposed resemblance to bubbles.
bubble tea (countable and uncountable , plural bubble teas )
Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls , often including fruit juice , syrup and other ingredients .
milk tea with tapioca balls
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Burmese: ပုလဲနို့လက်ဖက်ရည် ( pu.lai:nui.lakhpak-rany )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 珍珠奶茶 ( zan1 zyu1 naai5 ca4 )
Mandarin: 珍珠奶茶 (zh) ( zhēnzhū nǎichá ) , 珍奶 (zh) ( zhēnnǎi )
Finnish: kuplatee
French: thé aux perles m , thé aux bulles m
German: Perlentee m
Hungarian: buboréktea , gyöngyös tea , gyöngytejtea , buboréktejtea , bobadzsúsz , bobatea , boba
Italian: tè alle bolle m , tè alle perle m
Japanese: タピオカティー ( tapiokatī ) , パールミルクティー ( pārumirukutī )
Khmer: តែគុជ ( taekuc ) , តែគជ់ ( tae kŭəc )
Korean: 버블티 (ko) ( beobeulti )
Portuguese: chá de bolhas m , chá perolado m
Russian: чай с ша́риками m ( čaj s šárikami ) , пе́нистый чай m ( pénistyj čaj ) , жемчу́жный чай m ( žemčúžnyj čaj )
Spanish: té de burbujas m , té de perlas m , té de boba m , té boba m
Thai: ชาไข่มุก (th) ( chaa-kài-múk ) , ชานมไข่มุก (th) ( chaa-nom-kài-múk )
Turkish: inci çayı
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: trà trân châu , trà sữa trân châu
Welsh: te swigod m