Phrase guide

oolong tea

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈuː.lʊŋ thi/
  • /ˈoː.loŋ thi/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: black dragon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black dragon

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Either a partial calque of Mandarin 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá), or directly from Hokkien 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (o͘-liông-tê), from 烏龍 /乌龙 (o͘-liông, literally “black dragon”) + 茶 (tê, “tea”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: কালোনাগ (kalōnag) — type of tea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 — type of tea
  • Chinese: 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (zh-min-nan) — type of tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (wūlóng chá) — type of tea
  • Esperanto: ŭulong-teo — type of tea
  • Esperanto: blua teo — type of tea
  • Finnish: oolong-tee — type of tea
  • French: thé oolong — type of tea
  • German: Oolong-Tee — type of tea
  • Hindi: कालानाग (kālānāg) — type of tea
  • Italian: tè oolong — type of tea
  • Italian: oolong — type of tea
  • Italian: tè blu — type of tea
  • Japanese: 烏竜茶 — type of tea
  • Japanese: 烏龍茶 — type of tea
  • Japanese: ウーロン茶 (ūroncha) — type of tea
  • Korean: 우롱차 (urongcha) — type of tea
  • Marathi: ऊलाँग चहा (ūlŏṅga cahā) — type of tea
  • Pashto: وولونګ چای (wûlong čây) — type of tea
  • Polish: ulung — type of tea
  • Russian: улу́н (ulún) — type of tea
  • Russian: чай улу́н (čaj ulún) — type of tea
  • Spanish: té de oolong — type of tea
  • Spanish: té oolong — type of tea
  • Thai: ชาอูหลง (chaa-uu-lǒng) — type of tea
  • Uyghur: ۋۇلۇڭ چېيى (wulung chëyi) — type of tea
  • Vietnamese: trà ô long — type of tea