noun · countable / uncountable · rare

oolong tea

oolong tea · oolong teas

улун, чай улун

Oolong-Tee

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

/ˈuː.lʊŋ tʰi/

» I'd like another glass of oolong tea.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)A type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea.
Near-synonym: black dragon
Oolong-Tee
улу́нulún, чай улу́нčaj ulún

Examples

6 sentences

I'd like another glass of oolong tea.
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I like the flavor of oolong tea.
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Oolong tea is my favorite kind of tea.
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Tom likes oolong tea.
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Oolong tea falls between green and black tea, with varying oxidation levels.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

type of tea:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

type of tea:

Origin

Either a partial calque of Mandarin 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá), or directly from Hokkien 烏龍茶 /乌龙

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”).

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Forms

plural: oolong teas

Singular	oolong tea
Plural	oolong teas

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

black dragon

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable