烏龍茶

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
• Min Dong (BUC): ŭ-lṳ̀ng-dà
• Min Nan (POJ): o͘-liông-tê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūlóngchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchar
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴
    • Yale: wū lúng chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2 tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ lung² ca⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰäː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû-liùng-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu´ liungˇ caˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ liung² ca²
    • IPA: /vu²⁴ li̯uŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ-lṳ̀ng-dà
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ l̃yŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)na⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

烏龍茶

1. oolong tea

Descendants

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	龍	茶
うー Jinmeiyō	ろん Jinmeiyō	ちゃ Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternative forms

• 烏竜茶, ウーロン茶

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍茶 (wūlóngchá).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ウーロ​ンちゃ [ùúróꜜǹchà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝːɾõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

烏龍茶 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 烏竜茶, hiragana and katakana ウーロンちゃ, rōmaji ūroncha)

1. oolong tea