烏魯木齊
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Chinese
Etymology 1
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏魯木齊) | 烏 | 魯 | 木 | 齊 | |
| simp. (乌鲁木齐) | 乌 | 鲁 | 木 | 齐 | |
| alternative forms | 烏嚕木齊／乌噜木齐 | ||||
Borrowed from Manchu ᡠᡵᡠᠮᠴᡳ (urumci), from Written Oirat ᡇᠷᡇᡏᡔᡅ (urumci), from Chagatai اورُمجی (ūrumǧī /ürümči/).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wu1 lou5 muk6 cai4
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou1 lou3 borh7 ze2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): O͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wulǔmùcí
- Wade–Giles: Wu1-lu3-mu4-chʻi2
- Yale: Wū-lǔ-mù-chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uluumuhchyi
- Palladius: Улумуци (Ulumuci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 lou5 muk6 cai4
- Yale: wū lóuh muhk chàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 lou5 muk9 tsai4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 lou5 mug6 cei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ mʊk̚² t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ou1 lou3 borh7 ze2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: O-lô-bo̤̍h-cá̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔu⁵³³⁻¹¹ lɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ pɒʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡se¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ou1 lou3 borh7 ze2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ lɔu³³²⁻²¹ pɒʔ⁴⁻² t͡se²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê
- Tâi-lô: Oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzee
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡se¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡se²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
烏魯木齊
- (～市) Ürümqi (a prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
- 1985年9月11日，烏魯木齊市人大常委會第9屆18次會議上，將玫瑰定為市花，同時定大葉榆為市樹。
- From: 1989, China City Flowers (中国城市市花) p.88 & 89 →ISBN
- 1985 nián 9 yuè 11 rì, Wūlǔmùqí Shì réndà chángwěihuì dì 9 jiè 18 cì huìyì shàng, jiāng méigui dìng wéi shì huā, tóngshí dìng dà yè yú wèi shì shù.
- On September 11th, 1985, Rugosa rose was chosen as Wlumuqi's city flower at the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 9th MPC of Wulumuqi, and the elm tree as Wulumuqi's city tree.
1985年9月11日，乌鲁木齐市人大常委会第9届18次会议上，将玫瑰定为市花，同时定大叶榆为市树。
- (～縣) Ürümqi (a county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: Wulumuchi, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i, Wulumuqi
Etymology 2
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏魯木齊) | 烏 | 魯 | 木 | 齊 | |
| simp. (乌鲁木齐) | 乌 | 鲁 | 木 | 齐 | |
| alternative forms | |||||
Unclear. Here are a few possibilities:
- 烏魯木齊: Since the Min Nan area and Ürümqi are very far apart, if someone claims to be from or went to Ürümqi, they are speaking nonsense.
- 烏漉木製: There is a type of wood called 烏漉木, which is of very bad quality. If furniture is made from it, it is made carelessly.
- 烏櫓莫濟: From 烏 (“to not have”) + 櫓 (“scull”) + 莫 (“do not”) + 濟 (“to cross a river”), literally "to not have a scull to cross a river", used figuratively to mean "to not have the main thing to do the job; to be careless".
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chè
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsè
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzex
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzee
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡se¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chôe
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsuê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzoee
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sue²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
烏魯木齊
- (Southern Min) to be careless; to be in a mess; to talk nonsense
References
- “烏魯木齊”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 大郎頭 (Da Lang) (2013 July 29) “【台語原來是這樣】 烏魯木齊”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)
- 黃恬昕 (2012 June 25) “「烏櫓莫濟」比下北京話”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 烏 | 魯 | 木 | 齊 |
| う Jinmeiyō |
る Jinmeiyō |
む Grade: 1 |
ち Jinmeiyō |
| irregular | |||
| For pronunciation and definitions of 烏魯木齊 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 烏魯木齊, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 烏 | 魯 | 木 | 齊 |
Proper noun
烏魯木齊 • (oromokje) (hangeul 오로목제)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 烏 | 魯 | 木 | 齊 |
Proper noun
烏魯木齊
- chữ Hán form of Ô Lỗ Mộc Tề (“Ürümqi”)