# 烏龍
## Chinese

* 烏龍

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wūlóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^1$ lung$^{4-2}$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-liông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ou$^1$ lêng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wūlóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wulóng
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^1$-lung$^2$
*** Yale: wū-lúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulong
*** Palladius: улун (ulun)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^1$ lung$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: wū lúng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^1$ lung$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^1$ lung$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-liông
*** Tâi-lô: oo-liông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: olioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ou$^1$ lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /ou³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/

### Etymology 1
#### "unexpected mistake; muddled"

    Originally Cantonese. Probably from the 1940s manga 《烏龍王》 by Chinese cartoonist Louie Yu Tin, whose eponymous protagonist was a muddle-headed character.
    Common folk etymologies attribute the word to English wrong, or own (as in own goal).

#### Noun

烏龍
* (literally) black dragon
* (figurative, literary) dogs in general
* (figurative, literary, obsolete) horse
* (figurative, colloquial) unexpected mistake; mishap
* (～茶) oolong (tea)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) black cricket

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟋蟀, 促織, 蜻蛚, 蝍蛆, 蛩, 吟蛩, 秋蛩, 懶婦 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟋蟀 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蟋蟀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蟋蟀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蛐蛐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蛐蛐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛐蛐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛐兒蛐兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蛐蛐子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 土蚱兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛐蛐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 臭吱吱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 促促兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 秋蟬兒, 蛐蛐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛐兒蛐兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 黑油麥蚱, 蛐蛐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蟋蟀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蛐蛐, 錯翅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 叫雞子, 叫雞雞, 蛐蛐兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蛐蛐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛐蛐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yangshuo | 灶雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蛐蛐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蛐蛐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蛐織 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛐蛐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蛐蛐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蛐蛐, 蛐蛐子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 織蟀, 蟀, 蟀子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟋蟀, 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蟀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蟀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蟀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蟀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蟀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 織促 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 蟀, 蟀蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 足雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 酒蟀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 子蟀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟋蟀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 促蟀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 促蟀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 促織 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 織蟀 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 蟋蟀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛐蛐 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蟋蟀 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟋蟀仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 土唧哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蛛蟀 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 草唧 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 草織 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 草織 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟋蟀 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 草雞子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 草唧 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 草蟀 |
| Hakka | Changting | 草唧 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 草唧子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 草唧子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 草唧 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 草虻 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蟋蟀子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 山灶雞 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 山灶雞子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蟋蟀 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 土狗仔, 草唧仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 土狗仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 土狗仔, 草唧仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 土狗, 草唧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 土狗仔, 草唧仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 土狗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 織織 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛐蛐 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑色兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蟋蟀 |
| Jin | Linhe | 秋翅兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 秋鈴兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蛐蛐 |
| Jin | Baotou | 秋鈴兒 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 秋蟬兒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蟋蟀 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟋蟀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蟋蟀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 壁蟀 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蟣立 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 記蟀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 杜猴, 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 蟋蟀仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 杜伯仔, 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 杜猴, 蟋蟀, 烏龍 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 杜猴, 蟋蟀仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 灶雞仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 杜伯仔, 蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 烏龍仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 杜猴, 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 杜猴, 烏龍, 赤蜣, 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | cengkerik |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟋蟀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蝍蛛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蝍蛛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蟋蟀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 勝勝, 土狗 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 灶織子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蹔𧉆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蹔𧉆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蹔𧉆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 治治 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蛐蛐兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蹔𧉆, 丁獅子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蟋蟀 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟋蟀兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛐蛐 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 蟋蟋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蟋蟀子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蟋蟀 |

##### Derived terms

* 擺烏龍／摆乌龙 (bǎiwūlóng)
* 烏龍茶／乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá)

#### Adjective

烏龍
* (chiefly Cantonese) muddled; absent-minded; silly

##### Derived terms

* 烏龍波／乌龙波
* 烏龍球／乌龙球 (wūlóngqiú)

#### Proper noun

烏龍
* (～鄉) Wulong (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
* Name of a loyal dog owned by Jin-dynasty Zhang Ran.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 饂飩(うどん) (udon), in turn from Chinese 餛飩 (“wonton”).

#### Noun

烏龍
* (～麵) (chiefly Taiwan) udon (noodle)

##### Synonyms

* 烏冬／乌冬 (wūdōng)

##### Derived terms

* 烏龍麵／乌龙面 (wūlóngmiàn)