烏魯木齊

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

phonetic
trad. (烏魯木齊)
simp. (乌鲁木齐)
alternative forms 烏嚕木齊乌噜木齐
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Borrowed from Manchu ᡠᡵᡠᠮᠴᡳ (urumci), from Written Oirat ᡇᠷᡇᡏᡔᡅ (urumci), from Chagatai اورُمجی (ūrumǧī /⁠ürümči⁠/).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

烏魯木齊

  1. () Ürümqi (a prefecture-level city, the capital of Xinjiang, China)
  2. () Ürümqi (a county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang, China)
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: Wulumuchi, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i, Wulumuqi

Etymology 2[edit]

phonetic
trad. (烏魯木齊)
simp. (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 (“to not have”) + (“scull”) + (“do not”) + (“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[edit]


Idiom[edit]

烏魯木齊

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

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1

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[edit]

Hanja in this term

Proper noun[edit]

烏魯木齊 (oromokje) (hangeul 오로목제)

  1. Hanja form? of 오로목제 (Ürümqi).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun[edit]

烏魯木齊

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