oolong tea

English

Etymology

Either a partial calque of Mandarin 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá), or directly from Hokkien 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (o͘-liông-tê), from 烏龍 / 乌龙 (o͘-liông, literally “black dragon”) +‎ 茶 (tê, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.lʊŋ tʰi/, /ˈoː.loŋ tʰi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

oolong tea (countable and uncountable, plural oolong teas)

1. A type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea.

   Synonym: oolong

Translations

type of tea

• Bengali: কালোনাগ (kalōnag) (calque)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴)

  Hokkien: 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (zh-min-nan) (o͘-liông-tê)

  Mandarin: 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (zh) (wūlóng chá)

• Esperanto: ŭulong-teo, blua teo
• Finnish: oolong-tee
• French: thé oolong (fr) m
• German: Oolong-Tee m
• Hindi: कालानाग (hi) (kālānāg) (calque)
• Italian: tè oolong m, oolong m, tè blu m (rare)
• Japanese: 烏竜茶, 烏龍茶 (ja), ウーロン茶 (ja) (ūroncha)
• Korean: 우롱차 (urongcha)
• Marathi: ऊलाँग चहा m (ūlŏṅga cahā)
• Pashto: وولونګ چای m (wûlong čây)
• Russian: улу́н (ru) m (ulún), чай улу́н m (čaj ulún)
• Spanish: té de oolong m, té oolong m
• Thai: ชาอูหลง (chaa-uu-lǒng)
• Uyghur: ۋۇلۇڭ چېيى (wulung chëyi)
• Vietnamese: trà ô long (vi)