pu'er

English

Alternative forms

Pu-erh, pu-erh
Pu'er

Etymology

Shortened from pu'er tea, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá).

Noun

pu'er (uncountable)

A kind of fermented dark Assam green tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).

Synonyms

bo lei; see also Thesaurus:tea

Translations

a variety of tea

Chinese:
Cantonese: 普洱茶 (pou² nei⁵^-² caa⁴, bou² nei⁵^-² caa⁴), 普洱 (pou² nei⁵^-², bou² nei⁵^-²)

Mandarin: 普洱茶 (zh) (pǔ'ěrchá)

Min Nan: 臭殕茶 (chhàu-phú-tê)

Lü: ᦘᦴᦵᦁᦲ (phuuqoe)
Russian: пуэ́р (ru) m (puér)
Thai: ชาผู่เอ๋อร์
Uyghur: پۇئېر چېيى‎ (pu'ër chëyi)

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