oolong tea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍茶 (wūlóngchá), from 烏龍 (wūlóng, “black dragon”) + 茶 (chá, “tea”).

Noun

oolong tea (countable and uncountable, plural oolong teas)

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

Translations

type of tea

Chinese:
Cantonese: 烏龍茶 (wu¹ lung⁴^-² caa⁴)

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

Min Nan: 烏龍茶 (zh-min-nan) (o͘-liông-tê)
Finnish: oolong-tee
French: thé oolong (fr) m
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)
Pashto: وولونګ چای‎ m (wûlong čây)
Russian: улу́н (ru) m (ulún), чай улу́н m (čaj ulún)
Uyghur: ۋۇلۇڭ چېيى‎ (wulung chëyi)
Vietnamese: trà ô long

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