Puer

Appendix:Variations of "puer" English Etymology From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱, without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號). Proper noun en Pu'er. en 1988 Sheng-ji Pei Plant Products and Ethnicity in the Markets of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China Ethnic Diversity and the Control of Natural Resources in Southeast Asia https://books.google.com/books?id=MPr6DwAAQBAJ 0-89148-043-9 87-62020 490484136 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. en 1999 Mette Halskov Hansen History of Chinese Education in Sipsong Panna Lessons in Being Chinese: Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China https://archive.org/details/lessonsinbeingch0000hans/ w:University of Washington Press 0-295-97788-4 98-49028 40199855 94 https://archive.org/details/lessonsinbeingch0000hans/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). en 2005 w:John Keay Into the Light Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia https://archive.org/details/madaboutmekongex0000keay/ w:Harper Perennial 0-00-711115-0 65202819 249–250 https://archive.org/details/madaboutmekongex0000keay/page/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. en 17 June 2018 Yujing Liu The coffee coup brewing in Puer, China’s famed tea-growing region https://web.archive.org/web/20180617021631/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2147692/java-new-tea-coffee-coup-brewing-chinas-famed-tea-growing-region 17 June 2018 w:South China Morning Post 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. en August 9, 2021 David Stanway China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek https://web.archive.org/web/20210810050627/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-wild-elephants-head-safety-after-long-trek-2021-08-10/ 10 August 2021 w:Reuters 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. Usage notes en Puer can be considered a misspelling, since in Pinyin a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with en a, en o or en e, giving en Pu'er. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will. Anagrams en epru Pre-U pure Perú Prue Peru reup re-up Rupe Luxembourgish Etymology Ultimately from lb la pār. Compare de Paar, en pair, nl paar, fr paire. Pronunciation lb /puɐ/ lb uɐ 1 lb puer Noun n Puer pair (set of two) couple, pair (two people in a relationship) lb poker pair Synonyms couple lb Koppel