乌龙

烏龍
wūlóng
noun #85,970

Meanings

  1. 1 oolong (tea)
  2. 2 blunder; mix-up
  3. 3 own goal

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ gèng xǐhuan hē wūlóng, bú tài xǐhuan lǜchá.
I prefer oolong; I'm not so keen on green tea.
HSK 5
Kuàidìyuán sòngcuò le dìzhǐ, nào le ge dà wūlóng.
The courier delivered to the wrong address: a real mix-up.
HSK 6
Bǐsài zuìhòu yì fēnzhōng, hòuwèi bǎi le ge wūlóng, bǎ qiú tījìn le zìjiā qiúmén.
In the final minute, a defender scored an own goal, putting the ball into his own net.

Tips

history
Literally "black dragon"; the tea's name is usually linked to its dark, curled dried leaves. The blunder sense came from Cantonese slang, and the football own goal, 乌龙球, is often explained as a sound pun on English "own goal".
usage
A blunder is something you 闹 or 摆: 闹乌龙 and 摆乌龙 both mean "to make a blunder", and 乌龙事件 is an embarrassing mix-up. On bubble-tea menus 乌龙 alone is the tea, as in 乌龙奶盖 (oolong with milk foam).

Stroke Order

乌 wū
龙 lóng