tangyuan

See also: tāngyuán

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán).

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɑŋ.juən/, /-ju.ɛn/, /ˈtæŋ-/

Noun

tangyuan (countable and uncountable, plural tangyuan)

1. A Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water.

Translations

food made from glutinous rice flour

• Burmese: မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် (my) (mun.lum:repau)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 湯圓／汤圆 (tong¹ jyun^4-2)

  Hakka: 惜圓／惜圆 (siak-yèn), 雪圓仔／雪圆仔 (siet-yèn-é)

  Hokkien: 圓仔／圆仔 (zh-min-nan) (îⁿ-á)

  Mandarin: 湯圓／汤圆 (zh) (tāngyuán)

  Wu: 湯糰／汤团 (¹thaon-doe)

• Indonesian: ronde (id)
• Japanese: 湯円 (tan'en)
• Khmer: នំពងត្រី (numpôngôtrei), នំអ៊ី (num ʼii)
• Korean: 탕위안 (tang'wian)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chè thang viên, sủi dìn (vi), thắng dền (vi); bánh chay, bánh trôi nước, chè trôi nước