oolong tea
Abbreviation of ウーロン茶. Used in compounds or menus, but the full form is more common in everyday speech.
from Chinese wūlóng
See also: ウーロン茶 (ウーロンちゃ)
Instead of ウーロン茶, it is sometimes simply called ウーロン.
The menu just said 'oolong'.
ウラン (uranium) and ウーロン (oolong tea) sound similar to learners but refer to completely unrelated things.
Standard kanji spelling for oolong tea, though the word is usually written in kana.
Kana spelling is the most common written form for this word.
Variant kanji spelling using the simplified form 竜.
Irregular kanji usage; 鳥 is a common misspelling for 烏.
From Chinese 烏龍 (wūlóng), meaning 'black dragon', referring to the dark, twisted leaves of oolong tea.