Meanings
- A district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.
Fushan Village is almost due south of Wulai along a tributary of the Nanshih River. It is surrounded by mountains of a spur of the Syueshan Mountain Range.
2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 663 more examples
Larva has been found breeding in rock holes on stream beds at Neishuangchi, A2; in rock holes near the water-fall at Wulai, E32; and in rock holes on stream bed at Nuannuan, B7.
1962, Pacific Insects, volume 4, Entomology Department, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 623Wulai, a mountain township and a protected water reservation area 25 minutes from Taipei by taxi, is known for its mountainous hot springs, river-tracing excursions, a combination of hiking, climbing and swimming up the turquoise Nanshih River, and the 8,000-year-old aboriginal Atayal community whose lifestyle is being touted as a more carbon-efficient model. Taiya Popo, a restaurant on Wulai’s main drag, serves traditional Atayal cuisine, much of it vegetable-based like pumpkin dumplings, rice-stuffed bamboo and stir-fried fern.
2014 December 3, Adam H. Graham, “Taiwan, an Island of Green in Asia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2014, TravelA whitewater rafting excursion turned tragic when a rafter was thrown from his boat and swept downriver in New Taipei’s Wulai District on Sunday (June 4).
2023 June 4, Duncan DeAeth, “One missing after rafting accident in New Taipei's Wulai”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023, Society
Origin
- Mandarin烏來
- EnglishWulai
From Mandarin 烏來 (Wūlái).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 烏來 /乌来
- 烏來 /乌来 (wu¹ loi⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 烏來 /乌来
- 烏來 /乌来 (Wūlái)district
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Wulai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wulai
“Wulai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wulai. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wulai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wulai.
Source: Wulai on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.