oolong tea

/ˈuː.lʊŋ tʰi//ˈoː.loŋ tʰi/

noun

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

“Near-synonym: black dragon”

Meanings

nounoolong tea (countable and uncountable, plural oolong teas)

plural oolong teas

  1. countableuncountableA type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea.

    Near-synonym: black dragon

    Synonyms: black dragon

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Origin

  1. Hokkien烏龍茶 /乌龙茶
  2. Englishoolong tea

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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Translations

Bengali কালোনাগ
  • কালোনাগ (kalōnag)type of tea
Chinese Cantonese 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶
  • 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶type of tea
Chinese Mandarin 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶
  • 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (wūlóng chá)type of tea
Esperanto ŭulong-teo, blua teo
  • ŭulong-teotype of tea
  • blua teotype of tea
Finnish oolong-tee
  • oolong-teetype of tea
French thé oolong
  • thé oolongtype of tea
German Oolong-Tee
  • Oolong-Teetype of tea
Hindi कालानाग
  • कालानाग (kālānāg)type of tea
Italian tè oolong, oolong
  • tè oolongtype of tea
  • oolongtype of tea
  • tè blutype of tea
Japanese 烏竜茶, 烏龍茶
  • 烏竜茶type of tea
  • 烏龍茶type of tea
  • ウーロン茶 (ūroncha)type of tea
Korean 우롱차
  • 우롱차 (urongcha)type of tea
Polish ulung
  • ulungtype of tea
Russian улу́н, чай улу́н
  • улу́н (ulún)type of tea
  • чай улу́н (čaj ulún)type of tea
Spanish té de oolong, té oolong
  • té de oolongtype of tea
  • té oolongtype of tea
Thai ชาอูหลง
  • ชาอูหลง (chaa-uu-lǒng)type of tea
Vietnamese trà ô long
  • trà ô longtype of tea
Cite this entry
APA

oolong tea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolong%20tea

MLA

“oolong tea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolong%20tea. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oolong tea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolong%20tea.

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