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饅頭

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See also: 馒头

Chinese

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head; (noun suffix)
trad. (饅頭)
simp. (馒头)
alternative forms 曼頭曼头
蠻頭蛮头
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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connection to Central Asian manti?”)

Pronunciation 1

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Note: maan4 tau4 - rare.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (7)
Final () (62) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter man duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muɑn/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷɑn/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɑn/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwan/ /dəw/
Li
Rong
/muɑn/ /du/
Wang
Li
/muɑn/ /dəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muɑn/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mán tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mun4 tau4

Noun

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饅頭

  1. Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou
  2. (Wu) steamed bun with filling; baozi
    小籠饅頭小笼馒头 [Shanghainese]  ―  5shiau-lon 6moe-deu [Wugniu]  ―  xiaolongbao
    生煎饅頭生煎馒头 [Shanghainese]  ―  1san-ci1 6moe-deu [Wugniu]  ―  shengjianbao
  3. (archaic) steamed bun (with or without filling)
    Synonyms: 蒸餅 / 蒸饼 (zhēngbǐng), 炊餅 / 炊饼 (chuībǐng)
  4. (figurative, slang) breast; tits
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (饅頭):
  • Japanese: (まん)(じゅう) (manjū, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling) (see there for further descendants)
  • Korean: 만두(饅頭) (mandu, Korean dumpling) (see there for further descendants)

Others:

See also
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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饅頭

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 麵頭 / 面头 (miàntóu, mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
まん
Hyōgai
じゅう
Grade: 2
tōon
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Etymology

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From Chinese 饅頭 / 馒头.

Note that in Modern Standard Chinese, 饅頭 means an unfilled bun; 包子 (bāozi) is the term for a filled bun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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饅頭

(まん)(じゅう) (manjūまんぢゆう (mandyuu)?

  1. manjū, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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饅頭 (mandu) (hangeul 만두)

  1. hanja form? of 만두 (mandu; Korean dumpling)