Standard Lemma guide

Pu'er

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpʊəɹ/
  • /ˈpu.əɹ/
  • po͞o′ĕr′
  • homophone: pooer
  • homophone: pure (some dialects)

1

name

Meaning 1

A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of pu'er: a kind of tea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr). As the tea, shortened from Pu'er tea.

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

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 普洱 (pou2 ji5) — Pu'er, Yunnan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr) — Pu'er, Yunnan
  • Hani: Pu'e — Pu'er, Yunnan
  • Lü: ᦘᦴᦵᦁᦲ (phuuʼoe) — Pu'er, Yunnan
  • Chinese Cantonese: 普洱茶 — a variety of tea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 普洱 — a variety of tea
  • Chinese: 臭殕茶 (chhàu-phú-tê) — a variety of tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá) — a variety of tea
  • Japanese: プーアル茶 (Pūarucha) — a variety of tea
  • Korean: 보이차 (boicha) — a variety of tea
  • Lü: ᦘᦴᦵᦁᦲ (phuuʼoe) — a variety of tea
  • Russian: пуэ́р (puér) — a variety of tea
  • Thai: ชาผู่เอ๋อร์ — a variety of tea
  • Uyghur: پۇئېر چېيى (pu'ër chëyi) — a variety of tea