普洱

pǔ'ěr

noun

Meanings

1 pu'er tea
2 Pu'er (city in Yunnan province)

Characters

general (also transliteration)

(place name character)

Examples

饭后喝杯普洱解腻。

Fànhòu hē bēi pǔ'ěr jiě nì.

A cup of pu'er after a meal cuts the grease.

这饼普洱已经存了十年。

Zhè bǐng pǔ'ěr yǐjīng cún le shínián.

This pu'er cake has been aged ten years.

普洱市在云南省南部。

Pǔ'ěr shì zài Yúnnánshěng nánbù.

Pu'er city is in southern Yunnan province.

Tips

culture

Named after Pu'er city in Yunnan. Two main types: 生普 (raw, ages slowly) and 熟普 (ripe, artificially fermented in the 1970s to mimic aged raw). Sold in compressed 饼 (cakes), 砖 (bricks), or 沱 (nests).

usage

Note the apostrophe in pǔ'ěr — required before ě to mark the syllable boundary.

Stroke Order

普 pǔ

洱 ěr