Puer

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).

Puer

1. Alternative form of Pu'er
   • 1988, Sheng-ji Pei, “Plant Products and Ethnicity in the Markets of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China”, in Ethnic Diversity and the Control of Natural Resources in Southeast Asia‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:

     Until the 1950s, Han Chinese traders came from Puer city to purchase and transport this crude tea by horsetrain back to Puer, about 150 miles away, where it was processed into "bricks" or loose tea in family workshops.

   • 1999, Mette Halskov Hansen, “History of Chinese Education in Sipsong Panna”, in Lessons in Being Chinese: Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China‎, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 94:

     The lack of knowledge of Chinese was regarded as a major obstacle for the imposition of Chinese rule, and already in 1912 the head of the Chinese government of Simao and Puer reported to the provincial government about the urgent need for developing Chinese education in Sipsong Panna (Xiao 1993: 125).

   • 2005, John Keay, “Into the Light”, in Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia‎, Harper Perennial, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 249–250:

     With new shoes all round, and with the paths through the paddy fields here paved, they made good speed to Puer ('Pou-eul'), then as now a tea-growing centre where the road to Dali (and Mekong) forks off from that to Kunming.

   • 2018 June 17, Yujing Liu, “The coffee coup brewing in Puer, China’s famed tea-growing region”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 17 June 2018:

     Today, more than 50 of the 70 families in Yang’s village, a 30-minute drive from downtown Puer, grow both tea and coffee.[...]
     Puer has ample year-round rainfall, and moderate temperatures even in summer. With elevations ranging from 900 to 1,500 metres (2,952 to 4,921 feet), it is perfect for cultivating both crops, each of which are harvested at different times.[...]
     Despite its reputation as a tea production centre, Puer has wasted no time moving into the coffee market.[...]
     For instance, Li Weiyao, 24, who helps out on his father’s tea farm in Puer, drinks tea at home but chooses coffee when he hangs out with friends.[...]
     To maintain their share of China’s expanding coffee market, farmers in Puer aim to improve product quality.

   • 2021 August 9, David Stanway, “China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 10 August 2021:

     Wildlife protection officials told a press briefing the elephants safely crossed a bridge over the Yuan River, returning south towards a nature reserve administered by the city of Puer.[...]
     A herd then consisting of 16 elephants left their home in Xishuangbanna 300 km further south in March last year and eventually settled in a protected habitat in Puer.
     In April this year, 15 of the elephants left Puer and meandered more than 1,300 km through the cities of Yuxi and Honghe before reaching the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming in June.

Puer can be considered a misspelling, since in Pinyin a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e, giving Pu'er. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will.

Ultimately from Latin pār. Compare German Paar, English pair, Dutch paar, French paire.

• IPA^(key): /puɐ/

  Rhymes: -uɐ

  Homophone: puer

Puer n (plural Puer)

1. pair (set of two)
2. couple, pair (two people in a relationship)
3. (poker) pair

• (couple): Koppel