2008 Douji Shangdou and Dadou Bricks

[Deleted User #30641]

I placed an order at puerh shop to start up my collection, and while it has arrived at my house, I am at school so I haven't had a chance to sample them yet. I was curious as I don't know chinese, and haven't been in the world of pu all that long, does anyone know what shangdou or dadou mean? or more importantly what is the difference between them?

[beecrofter]

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

That link is to Babelcarp a very usefull tool that translates Chinese tea terms.

[Deleted User #30641]

Thank you, that site looks like it will come in handy. Before posting OP I did try googling the terms to no avail. Though I am wondering if they are off spellings, as Babelcarp does not recognize either of them, Going off of what could be possible alternative spellings I get these possibilities do they seem reasonable?

Dadou -> Da Bai Hao = Big White Downy usually referring to a jasmine scented green tea.

Shangdou -> Shang Biao = Trademark


I mean I don't really know alternate spellings off Chinese Sounds, so I don't even know if those are reasonable changes in spelling.

[Wesli]

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

That link is to Babelcarp a very usefull tool that translates Chinese tea terms.

Not these ones...

Amy, Dadou -> Da Bai Hao, definitely not. And judging by the kanji, it doesn't look like the second one either.

[Drax]

Okay, keep in mind I do Japanese. Chinese is new to me, but I have good online tools.

I have the Douji Shangdou brick.

Douji is 斗記; these are the symbols written in the ink/grass-style on the front of the box (and the "logo" impressed onto the cake).

斗 is a apparently a peck, or liquid measure.
記 means record, or measure

So take your pick of what that means. Measuring liquid.

Shangdou. This took me a little, but it's inscribed on the *end* of the box in red lettering. I'm sure this would be extremely obvious to those who speak Chinese w/o even seeing the characters, because....

Shangdou is 上斗

上 means upper, greater, superior
already covered the other one.

So Shangdou is the superior peck, or most likely just the superior part.

I'd have to see what the characters are for for dadou. Well, we should know what 'dou' is at this point. My guess is 'da' will be 大, which means "great, large, vast."

Hope that helps....

[Deleted User #30641]

I did a semester of Japanese, but I don't have the bricks here, or pictures of the bricks.... But from what you said its basically two different grades. Thank you.