Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pu-erh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: pu-erh
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pu'er (“a kind of tea”).

Uncountable

name

Alternative form of Pu'er in Yunnan, China.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of pu-erh, a kind of tea from Pu'er.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In reporting to the Empress of China the occurrence of a violent earthquake at the town of Pu-erh on November 14 last year, the Viceroy of Yunnan observes with humility that this awful visitation is to be regarded as a penalty of Heaven for his own inefficiency and incompetency and that of his staff."
"The rarest and most expensive type of tea in the world is the mysterious Pu-Erh (poo-AIR) tea from the Pu-Erh region of China."
"Pu-erh tea takes its name from its production area in Pu-erh County, Yunnan Province. It is made of broad-leaved tea, and available as loose leaves, compressed tea cakes, tea bricks of varied sizes and tea bowls."

Etymology

Shortened from pu-erh tea, from the Wade–Giles romanization (properly p‘u-êrh) of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 普洱茶

Usage

Questions

What does pu-erh mean?: Alternative form of pu'er (“a kind of tea”).
Where does pu-erh come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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