pu'er

English

Alternative forms

• Pu-erh, pu-erh, Pu'er, puer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹ/, /ˈpu.əɹ/

Noun

pu'er (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• (from local name) bo lei

Translations

a variety of tea

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 普洱茶 (pou² nei^5-2 caa⁴, bou² nei^5-2 caa⁴), 普洱 (pou² nei^5-2, bou² nei^5-2)

  Mandarin: 普洱茶 (zh) (pǔ'ěrchá)

  Min Nan: 臭殕茶 (chhàu-phú-tê)

• Korean: 보이차 (boicha)
• Lü: ᦘᦴᦵᦁᦲ (phuuʼoe)
• Russian: пуэ́р (ru) m (puér)
• Thai: ชาผู่เอ๋อร์
• Uyghur: پۇئېر چېيى‎ (pu'ër chëyi)

See also

• Thesaurus:tea

Anagrams

• Peru, Pre-U, Prue, Rupe, pure, re-up, reup