烏魯木齊

See also: 乌鲁木齐 and 烏魯木斉

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

  (Pinyin): Wūlǔmùqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lou⁵ muk⁶ cai⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vu¹ lu³ mug⁵ cê²
• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vu¹ lu³ mug⁵ cê²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lu³¹ mʊk̚¹ t͡sʰe¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • 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/

Proper noun

烏魯木齊

1. (～市) Ürümqi (a prefecture-level city, the capital of Xinjiang, 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。 [MSC, trad.]
     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。 [MSC, simp.]

     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. [Pinyin]

     On September 11th, 1985, Rugosa rose was chosen as Wlumuqi's^{[sic – meaning Wulumuqi'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.

2. (～縣) Ürümqi (a county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang, China)

Synonyms

• 烏市／乌市 (Wūshì)
• (old name) 迪化 (Díhuà)

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		烏漉木製／乌漉木制 烏櫓莫濟／乌橹莫济 烏鹵沐齊／乌卤沐齐 烏鹵沐債／乌卤沐债 烏魯沐債／乌鲁沐债 烏漉木製／乌漉木制 烏櫓莫濟／乌橹莫济 烏鹵沐齊／乌卤沐齐 烏鹵沐債／乌卤沐债 烏魯沐債／乌鲁沐债 烏漉沐漬／乌漉沐渍

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, POJ): o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chè / o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê / o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chôe

---

• 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/

Idiom

烏魯木齊

1. (Southern Min) to be careless; to be in a mess; to talk nonsense

References

• “Entry #6338”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 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)‎^[1]
• 黃恬昕 (2012 June 25) “「烏櫓莫濟」比下北京話”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)‎^[2]

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.

【烏魯木斉ウルムチ】 [proper noun] Ürümqi (a prefecture-level city, the capital of Xinjiang, China)

(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)

1. Hanja form^? of 오로목제 (“Ürümqi”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
烏	魯	木	齊

Proper noun

烏魯木齊

1. chữ Hán form of Ô Lỗ Mộc Tề (“Ürümqi”).