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

  1. 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

  1. uncountable 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

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

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