烏龍

See also: 乌龙

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lung^4-2
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): o͘-liông

(Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ lêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulong
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2
  - Yale: wū lúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ lung²
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-liông
  - Tâi-lô: oo-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: olioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ou¹ lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou lêng
  - IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

		black	dragon
trad. (烏龍)		烏	龍
simp. (乌龙)		乌	龙

"Unexpected mistake; muddled": Originally Cantonese. Probably from the 1940s manga 《烏龍王》 by Chinese cartoonist Louie Yu Tin, whose eponymous protagonist was a muddle-headed character.; Common folk etymologies attribute the word to English wrong, or own (as in own goal).

Noun

烏龍

(literally) black dragon
(figuratively, literary) dogs in general
(figuratively, literary, obsolete) horse
(figuratively, colloquial) unexpected mistake; mishap
(～茶) oolong (tea)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) black cricket

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟋蟀 (“cricket”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟋蟀, 促織, 蜻蛚, 蝍蛆, 蛩, 吟蛩, 秋蛩, 懶婦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟋蟀
Taxonomic name		蟋蟀
Mandarin	Beijing	蛐蛐兒
	Taiwan	蟋蟀
	Tianjin	蛐蛐兒
	Harbin	蛐蛐兒
	Shenyang	蛐蛐兒
	Hailar	蛐蛐
	Ulan Hot	蛐蛐
	Tongliao	蛐蛐
	Chifeng	蛐蛐兒
	Bayanhot	蟋蟀
	Jinan	蛐兒蛐兒
	Muping	蛐蛐子
	Luoyang	蛐蛐
	Jiedian	臭吱吱
	Xi'an	蛐蛐兒
	Qingdao	土蚱兒
	Zhengzhou	促促兒
	Xining	秋蟬兒, 蛐蛐
	Xuzhou	蛐兒蛐兒
	Yinchuan	黑油麥蚱, 蛐蛐
	Lanzhou	蛐蛐, 錯翅子
	Wuhan	蛐蛐
	Chengdu	叫雞子, 叫雞雞, 蛐蛐兒
	Guiyang	蛐蛐
	Liuzhou	蛐蛐
	Kunming	蛐蛐兒
	Yangzhou	蛐蛐子
	Nanjing	蛐織
	Hefei	蛐蛐, 蛐蛐子
	Nantong	蛐蛐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	織蟀, 蟀
	Hong Kong	蟋蟀
	Foshan	織蟀
	Shunde	蟀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	織蟀
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	蟋蟀
	Taishan	蟋蟀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蟋蟀
	Dongguan	子蟀
	Shaoguan	織蟀
	Yunfu	促蟀
	Yangjiang	促蟀
	Xinyi	促織
	Lianjiang	織蟀
Gan	Nanchang	蛐蛐
	Lichuan	蟋蟀
	Pingxiang	蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔
Hakka	Meixian	蟋蟀仔
	Xingning	土唧哩
	Huidong	草唧
	Qujiang	草雞子
	Xiaosanjiang	草唧
	Changting	草唧
	Pingyu	草唧子
	Wuping	草唧子
	Liancheng	草唧
	Ninghua	草虻
	Yudu	蟋蟀子
	Ruijin	山灶雞
	Shicheng	山灶雞子
	Shangyou	蟋蟀
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	土狗仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	土狗, 草唧
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	土狗
Huizhou	Jixi	織織
Jin	Taiyuan	蛐蛐
	Xinzhou	黑色兒
	Baochang	蟋蟀
	Jining	秋鈴兒
	Hohhot	蛐蛐
	Baotou	秋鈴兒
	Dongsheng	秋蟬兒
	Linhe	秋翅兒
	Haibowan	蟋蟀
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蟋蟀
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蟋蟀
	Fuqing	壁蟀
	Gutian	蟣立
Min Nan	Xiamen	蟋蟀
	Zhangzhou	記蟀
	Taipei	杜猴, 蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔
	Kaohsiung	杜伯仔, 杜猴
	Tainan	杜伯仔, 蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔
	Taichung	杜猴, 蟋蟀仔
	Wuqi	灶雞仔
	Hsinchu	杜猴
	Taitung	烏龍仔
	Lukang	杜猴, 蟋蟀, 烏龍
	Sanxia	杜猴
	Yilan	杜猴
	Kinmen	杜猴, 蟋蟀
	Magong	杜猴, 烏龍, 赤蜣, 蟋蟀
	Penang	cengkerik
	Chaozhou	蟋蟀
Puxian Min	Putian	蝍蛛
Puxian Min	Xianyou	蝍蛛
Pinghua	Nanning	勝勝, 土狗
Wu	Shanghai	蹔𧉆
	Suzhou	蹔𧉆
	Hangzhou	蛐蛐兒
	Wenzhou	蟋蟀
	Chongming	蹔𧉆
	Danyang	治治
	Jinhua	蟋蟀兒
	Ningbo	蹔𧉆, 丁獅子
Xiang	Changsha	蛐蛐
	Shuangfeng	蟋蟀
	Xiangtan	蟋蟋
	Loudi	蟋蟀子

Adjective

烏龍

(chiefly Cantonese) muddled; absent-minded; silly

Derived terms

Derived terms from 烏龍

烏龍球／乌龙球 (wūlóngqiú)

Proper noun

烏龍

(～鄉) Wulong (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
Name of a loyal dog owned by Jin-dynasty Zhang Ran.

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (烏龍)		烏	龍
simp. (乌龙)		乌	龙

Borrowed from Japanese 饂 (う)飩 (どん) (udon), in turn from Chinese 餛飩 (“wonton”).

Noun

烏龍

(～麵) (chiefly Taiwan) udon (noodle)

Synonyms

烏冬／乌冬 (wūdōng)

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