ba-wan

See also: bawan

English

Changhua County-style ba-wan with sweet sauce and grated daikon radish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 肉圓 / 肉圆 (bah-oân).

Noun

ba-wan (uncountable)

1. A Taiwanese snack food consisting of a circular translucent dough filled with a savory stuffing and served with a sweet and savory sauce.

Synonyms

• rouyuan

Translations

Taiwanese snack food

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 肉圓 / 肉圆 (zh-min-nan) (bah-oân)

  Mandarin: 肉圓 / 肉圆 (zh) (ròuyuán)

See also

• ba-wan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Waban, bwana, nawab