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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

Noun

烏龍茶

oolong tea

Descendants

English: oolong tea
Japanese: 烏 (ウー)龍 (ロン)茶 (ちゃ) ‎(ūroncha)
Korean: 우롱차 (urongcha)
Pashto: وولونګ چای ‎(wûlong čây)
Vietnamese: trà ô long

Japanese

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

Etymology

Borrowing from Mandarin 烏龍茶 ‎(wūlóngchá)

Alternative forms

烏竜茶, ウーロン茶

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
(Tokyo) ウーロンちゃ [ùúróꜜǹchà] (Nakadaka - [3])
IPA^(key): [ɯᵝːɺ̠õ̞nt͡ɕa̠]

Noun

烏龍茶 ‎(hiragana and katakana ウーロンちゃ, romaji ūroncha)

oolong tea

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wūlóngchá

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vû-liùng-chhà
Min Nan (POJ): o͘-liông-tê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūlóngchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchar
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴
  - Yale: wū lúng chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2 tsaa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑː²¹/
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 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/