雲吞

See also: 云吞 and 雲呑

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	to swallow; to take
trad. (雲吞)		雲	吞
simp. (云吞)		云	吞
alternative forms		餛飩／馄饨

Etymology

From 餛飩.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúntūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ tan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ hun^1*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yun² tun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān-than / hûn-thun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúntūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúntun
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-tʻun¹
    • Yale: yún-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuntuen
    • Palladius: юньтунь (junʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ tan¹
    • Yale: wàhn tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun³ hun^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun²² hun³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yun² tun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /iun¹¹ tʰun⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-than
    • Tâi-lô: uān-than
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxntafn
    • IPA (Singapore): /uan²²⁻²¹ tʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /uan²¹ tʰan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-thun
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huntwn
    • IPA (Philippines): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰun³³/

Note: oān-than - borrowed from Cantonese.

Noun

雲吞

1. (chiefly Cantonese) wonton
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) used tissue

Usage notes

This term is originally written as 餛飩／馄饨 (húntun) and the two terms are homophones in Cantonese. But 餛飩／馄饨 (húntun) usually refers to northern-style wontons while 雲吞／云吞 (yúntūn) refers to Cantonese-style wontons.

Synonyms

• (wonton):

Dialectal synonyms of 餛飩 (“wonton”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餛飩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	餛飩
	Taiwan	餛飩, 抄手
	Langfang	餛飩
	Chifeng	餛飩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餛飩
	Harbin	餛飩
	Shenyang	餛飩
	Malaysia	雲吞
	Singapore	雲吞
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	餛飩
	Tangshan	餛飩
	Cangzhou	餛飩
	Baoding	餛飩
	Shijiazhuang	餛飩
	Jinan	餛飩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	餛飩
	Qingdao	餛飩
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	餛飩
	Daming	餛飩
	Zhengzhou	餛飩
	Xi'an	餛飩
	Dingbian	餛飩兒
	Xining	餛飩
	Xuzhou	餛飩, 貓耳朵
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餛飩
	Lanzhou	餛飩
	Ürümqi	餛飩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抄手兒, 抄手
	Chongqing	抄手兒
	Wuhan	水餃
	Guiyang	餛飩
	Kunming	餛飩, 餃
	Guilin	餛飩
	Liuzhou	餛飩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餛飩
	Yangzhou	餛飩, 水餃, 餃子
	Nantong	餛飩
	Hefei	餛飩, 餃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲吞
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雲吞
	Macau	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雲吞
	Foshan	雲吞
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雲吞
	Foshan (Shunde)	雲吞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雲吞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雲吞
	Taishan	雲吞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲吞
	Enping (Niujiang)	雲吞
	Heshan (Yayao)	雲吞
	Dongguan	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雲吞
	Yangjiang	雲吞
	Nanning	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	雲吞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雲吞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Penang (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Móng Cái	雲吞
Gan	Nanchang	清湯
	Pingxiang	包麵
Hakka	Meixian	雲吞, 餃仔
	Xingning	餛飩
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雲吞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雲吞
	Changting	扁食
	Wuping	餛飩
	Liancheng	扁食
	Ninghua	扁食
	Ruijin	清湯
	Shicheng	清湯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	清湯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扁食
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扁食
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扁食
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扁食
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Senai (Huiyang)	雲吞
Huizhou	Shexian	餛飩, 點心
Jin	Taiyuan	餛飩
	Xinzhou	餛飩
	Linhe	餛飩
	Jining	餛飩
	Hohhot	餛飩
	Zhangjiakou	餛飩
	Handan	餛飩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扁食
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扁肉, 扁食
Southern Min	Xiamen	扁食
	Quanzhou	扁食
	Zhangzhou	扁食
	Taipei	扁食
	Taipei (Wanhua)	扁食
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扁食
	Kaohsiung	扁食
	Yilan	扁食
	Changhua (Lukang)	扁食
	Taichung	扁食
	Taichung (Wuqi)	扁食
	Tainan	扁食
	Taitung	扁食
	Hsinchu	扁食
	Kinmen	扁食
	Penghu (Magong)	扁食
	Penang (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Manila (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Chaozhou	餃
	Shantou	餃
	Jieyang	餃
	Haifeng	扁食
	Bangkok (Teochew)	餃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雲吞
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	雲吞
	Sanxiang	雲吞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雲吞
Wu	Shanghai	餛飩
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餛飩
	Suzhou	餛飩
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Wuxi	餛飩
	Changshu	餛飩
	Kunshan	餛飩
	Jiaxing	餛飩
	Changzhou	餛飩
	Liyang	餛飩
	Yixing	餛飩
	Danyang	餛飩
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	餛飩
	Jingjiang	餛飩
	Jiangyin	餛飩
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	餛飩
	Hangzhou	餛飩
	Shaoxing	餛飩
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	餛飩
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	湯包
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	湯包
	Ningbo	餛飩
	Yuyao	餛飩
	Zhoushan	餛飩
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	餛飩
	Wenzhou	餛飩
	Quzhou	餛飩
	Jinhua	餛飩
	Yiwu	餛飩
	Yongkang	餛飩
Xiang	Changsha	餛飩
	Loudi	餛飩
	Shuangfeng	餃子

Compounds

• 雲吞麵／云吞面 (yúntūnmiàn)

 

Descendants

• → English: wonton, wanton
• → Indonesian: wonton
• → Malay: wan thang
• → Vietnamese: vằn thắn, hoành thánh