烏魯木齊

Chinese

Etymology 1

phonetic
trad. (烏魯木齊)
simp. (乌鲁木齐)
variant forms 烏嚕木齊乌噜木齐

Borrowed from Manchu ᡠᡵᡠᠮᠴᡳ (urumci), from Written Oirat ᡇᠷᡇᡏᡔᡅ (urumci), from Chagatai اورُمجی (Ūrumčī).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

烏魯木齊

  1. () Ürümqi (a prefecture-level city, the capital city of Xinjiang, China)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (烏魯木齊)
simp. (乌鲁木齐)
variant forms
 
烏漉木製乌漉木制
烏櫓莫濟乌橹莫济
烏鹵沐齊乌卤沐齐
烏鹵沐債乌卤沐债
烏魯沐債乌鲁沐债
烏漉沐漬乌漉沐渍

Unclear. Here are a few possibilities:

  • 烏魯木齊: Since the Min Nan area and Ürümqi are very far apart, if someone claims to be from or went to Ürümqi, they are speaking nonsense.
  • 烏漉木製: There is a type of wood called 烏漉木, which is of very bad quality. If furniture is made from it, it is made carelessly.
  • 烏櫓莫濟: From (“to not have”) + (“scull”) + (“do not”) + (“to cross a river”), literally "to not have a scull to cross a river", used figuratively to mean "to not have the main thing to do the job; to be careless".

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chè / o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê / o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chôe

Idiom

烏魯木齊

  1. (Min Nan) to be careless; to be in a mess; to talk nonsense

References

  • Entry #6338”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
  • 大郎頭 (Da Lang) (29 July 2013), “【台語原來是這樣】 烏魯木齊”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)
  • 黃恬昕 (25 June 2012), “「烏櫓莫濟」比下北京話”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Proper noun

烏魯木齊 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 烏魯木斉, katakana ウルムチ, rōmaji Urumuchi)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 烏魯木斉

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Proper noun

烏魯木齊

  1. Hán tự form of Ô Lỗ Mộc Tề (Ürümqi).
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