Law | Ba | Li-yan's friend who lives in Bamboo Forest Village. |
Huang | Benyu | Tea master Sun's friend. A businessman. |
Adam | Bowen | Alice Bowen's husband. |
Alice | Bowen | Adam Bowen's wife. |
Amy | Bowen | Alice and Adam's adoptive daughter. |
First | Brother | Li-yan's first brother. |
Second | Brother | Li-yan's second brother. |
Third | Brother | Li-yan's third brother. |
Jin | Chang | Mrs. Chang's son. Li-yan's 2nd husband. |
Mrs. | Chang | A high school English teacher. |
Paul William | Chang | Li-yan and Jin Chang's son. Aka: Jin-ba. |
Andrew | Cherng | Husband of Peggy Cherng. |
Peggy | Cherng | CEO of Panda Express. |
Mr. | Chow | Li-yan's regular tea customer. |
Constance | Davis | Adoptive mother of Yan-yeh. |
Dan | Davis | Adoptive father of Yan-yeh. |
Fyodor | Dostoevsky | A Russian novelist. |
Miss | Henderson | Haley Davis's teacher. |
Annabeth | Ho | Haley Davis's thesis adviser. |
Mrs. | Johnson | Haley Davis's teacher. |
Sheldon | Katz | Haley Davis's doctor. |
Mr. | Kelly | Haley Davis's American history teacher. |
Mr. | Kwan | Li-yan's regular tea customer. |
Mr. | Lin | Li-yan's regular tea customer. |
Thomas | Lipton | A grocery store owner. Owner of Lipton tea. |
Dominic | Ng | CEO of Eastwest Bank. |
Rosie | Ng | Li-yan and Jin Chang's neighbor. |
Mr. | Piu | An owner of a tea plantation. |
Xian | Rong | Mr. Huang's son. |
Dr. Arnold | Rosen | A psychological therapist from Chines adoptees. |
Zhou | Shue-ling | The director in Menghai Social Welfare Institute. |
Roger | Siegel | A medical doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital in UCLA. |
First | Sister-in-law | First Brother's wife. |
Second | Sister-in-law | Second Brother's wife. |
Third | Sister-in-law | Third Brother's wife. |
Leo | Tolstoy | A Russian writer. |
Sean | Wong | A man to whom Haley shows her tea cake. |
Lu | Xun | A writer. |
Zhang | Yin | The richest person in China. |
Lu | Yu | The greatest tea master. |
Mao | Ze Dong | The founding father of the Republic of China. |
Addison | | Jin-ba's classmate. |
A-poe-mi-yeh | | The Akha's Supreme God. |
Bah-lo | | San-pa's grandfather. |
Ci-do | | Ci-teh's brother. |
Ci-teh | | Li-yan's neighbor and friend. |
Deh-ja | | Ci-teh's sister-in-law. |
Deh-ja | | Ci-do's wife. |
Guo | | Li-yan's teacher. |
Heidi | | One of the Chines adoptees. |
Jade | | Haley Davis's friend. |
Jasmine | | Haley Davis's friend. |
Jessica | | One of the Chines adoptees. |
Li-yan | | Protagonist and Narrator. Aka: Tina Chang. |
Lo-san | | San-pa's father. |
Nixon | | The U.S. President. |
San-pa | | The pancake stealer. Li-yan's first husband. |
Sha-li | | Li-yan's father. Aka: A-ba. |
So-sa | | Li-yan's mother. Aka: A-ma. |
Sun | | A tea master. |
Tiffany | | One of the Chines adoptees. |
Wife-of-ah-joe | | Li-yan's friend. |
Wife-of-shaw-kah | | Li-yan's friend. |
Wu | | A tea master. |
Xian-rong | | Huang benyu's son. |
Yan-Yeh | | Li-yan and San-pa's daughter. Aka: Haley Davis. |
Za-bah | | San-pa's great grandfather. |
Zhang | | Li-yan's teacher. |