烏龍

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See also: 乌龙

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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black dragon
trad. (烏龍)
simp. (乌龙)
"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

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烏龍

  1. (literally) black dragon
  2. (figurative, literary) dogs in general
  3. (figurative, literary, obsolete) horse
  4. (figurative, colloquial) unexpected mistake; mishap
  5. (~茶) oolong (tea)
  6. (Taiwanese Hokkien) black cricket
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Adjective

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烏龍

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) muddled; absent-minded; silly
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Proper noun

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烏龍

  1. () Wulong (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
  2. Name of a loyal dog owned by Jin-dynasty Zhang Ran.

Etymology 2

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phonetic
trad. (烏龍)
simp. (乌龙)

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

Noun

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烏龍

  1. (~麵) (chiefly Taiwan) udon (noodle)
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