开面開面
Term · Raw material
open-face stage
Literal meaning
open face (small / medium / large)
Definition#
Open-face stage: a shoot that has formed a dormant bud with an opened top leaf, the maturity favoured for oolong (开面采). A Guangdong draft yancha standard sets 小开面 at a top-leaf area of 20–30% of the second leaf, 中开面 at 31–70% and 大开面 at 71–100%, and picks Shuixian at small to medium open face.
Translation and usage#
| Language | Use | Alternatives & cautions |
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| English | open-face stage shoot with dormant bud and opened top leaf calque |
Also acceptable
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| Deutsch | Kaimian Pflückreife mit geöffnetem Endblatt und Ruheknospe pinyin with a gloss |
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| Русский | кай мянь стадия раскрытого верхнего листа pinyin with a gloss |
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| 简体字 | 开面 | Also acceptable
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| 繁體字 | 開面 | Also acceptable
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| 日本語 | 開面 | Also acceptable
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Common confusions#
- Babelcarp prints the traditional form as 開麵采; 麵 means flour or noodles, and 面 meaning face is unchanged in traditional script (MDBG), so 開面 is correct.
- The draft standard’s English labels "slight / medium / full banjhi" borrow an Indian term for dormant shoots.