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烏熱

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ou1 ruah8
POJ: o͘-jua̍h
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: hot black coffee
烏熱

Word has multiple unrelated senses (black grasscloth, a type of fever, hot black coffee) across different Hokkien/Teochew varieties; the Teochew/Thai-tagged 'hot black coffee' sense was selected to pair with 烏涼.

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