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): ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūlóngchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ 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

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)

oolong tea