烏龍茶

See also: 乌龙茶

Chinese

		oolong (tea)	tea; tea plant
trad. (烏龍茶)		烏龍	茶
simp. (乌龙茶)		乌龙	茶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūlóngchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vû-liùng-chhà
• Northern Min (KCR): ú-lê̤ng-dâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): ŭ-lṳ̀ng-dà
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-liông-tê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ lêng⁵ dê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūlóngchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wulóngchá
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-lung²-chʻa²
    • Yale: wū-lúng-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchar
    • Palladius: улунча (ulunča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴
    • Yale: wū lúng chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2 tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ lung^4-2 ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû-liùng-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˊ liung^ˇ ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ liung² ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴ li̯uŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ú-lê̤ng-dâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁴ lœyŋ³³ ta³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ-lṳ̀ng-dà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ l̃yŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)na⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-liông-tê
    • Tâi-lô: oo-liông-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oliongdee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³⁻²² te¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou¹ lêng⁵ dê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou lêng tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ te⁵⁵/

Noun

烏龍茶

1. oolong tea

Synonyms

• 青茶 (qīngchá)

Descendants

• → English: oolong tea (partial calque)
• → Japanese: 烏龍茶 (ūroncha)
• → Korean: 우롱차 (urongcha)
• → Pashto: وولونګ چای (wûlong čây) (partial calque)
• → Spanish: té de oolong, té oolong (partial calque)
• → Vietnamese: trà ô long (partial calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	龍	茶
ウー Jinmeiyō	ロン Jinmeiyō	ちゃ Grade: 2
irregular		kan'yōon

Alternative spellings
烏竜茶 ウーロン茶

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウーロンちゃ [ùúróꜜǹchà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ːɾõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

烏(ウー)龍(ロン)茶(ちゃ) • (ūroncha) 

1. oolong tea