Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pu'er

/ˈpʊəɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: Pu-er
IPA: /ˈpʊəɹ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of pu'er: a kind of tea.

Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, early last Sunday."
"In order to improve the quality of Pu'er Tea, Pu'er City strengthened the construction of ecological tea orchards bases."
"Lancang Lahu Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in south-western Yunnan Province."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr). As the tea, shortened from Pu'er tea.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 普洱茶

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Puer (alternative, also) P'u-erh (alternative) P'u-êrh (alternative) Puerh (alternative) Pu-erh (alternative) puer (alternative) bo lei (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

tea

Synonyms

Pu'er City bo lei

Homonyms

pooer pure (some dialects)

Questions

How do you pronounce pu'er?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊəɹ/.
What does pu'er mean?: A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
Where does pu'er come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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