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): ㄨㄌㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ
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: ㄨㄌㄨˇ 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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ou¹ lou³ borh⁷ ze² [Phonetic: ou⁵ lou⁵ borh⁶ 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 [Phonetic: ou⁵ lou⁵ borh⁶ ze²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ lɔu³³²⁻²¹ pɒʔ⁴⁻² t͡se²⁴/
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/

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。 [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.
(～縣) Ürümqi (a county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang autonomous region, 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

(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 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
大郎頭 (Da Lang) (29 July 2013) “【台語原來是這樣】烏魯木齊”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)‎^[1]
黃恬昕 (25 June 2012) “「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 the Xinjiang autonomous region, 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)

hanja form^? of 오로목제 (“Ürümqi”)

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”)