Pu'er
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Pu'er¹
- /ˈpʊəɹ/
- /ˈpu.əɹ/
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr). As the tea, shortened from Pu'er tea.
proper noun Puer · P'u-erh · P'u-êrh · Puerh · Pu-erh
- A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China. An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, early last Sunday.
noun Puer · P'u-erh · P'u-êrh · Puerh · Pu-erh
- Alternative letter-case form of pu'er: a kind of tea.pu'er
pu'er²
- /ˈpʊəɹ/
- /ˈpu.əɹ/
Sounds like pooer, pure (some dialects)
Where it comes from
Shortened from pu'er tea, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá).
noun Pu-erh · pu-erh · Pu'er · puer · bo lei
- A kind of fermented dark Assam green tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).
