also: ウーロンチャ
noun
oolong tea
A partially oxidized Chinese tea, popular in Japan both hot and cold.
食後にウーロン茶を飲むとさっぱりする。
Drinking oolong tea after a meal is refreshing.
この店のウーロン茶は香りがいい。
The oolong tea at this shop has a nice aroma.
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling.
Full kanji spelling using traditional characters; less common but still seen.
Variant with simplified second character; rarely used.
Irregular kanji usage; 鳥 is a common substitution for 烏.
Irregular kanji usage with simplified second character.
Full-width katakana spelling; included for search convenience.
From Chinese 烏龍茶 (wūlóngchá), literally 'black dragon tea'. The Japanese reading ウーロン reflects the Chinese pronunciation.