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A Chinese teahouse

From tea +‎ house.

teahouse (plural teahouses)

  1. A cafe or restaurant that serves tea, usually with light food.
  2. (euphemistic) a public lavatory, particularly (dated US gay slang) as a meeting place for gay men.
    Synonym: tearoom

a cafe that sells tea

a public lavatory particularly as a meeting place for gay men