tāng yuán

Traditional: 湯圓

HSK 7–9

汤圆 (tāng yuán) is a Chinese word meaning “boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival”.

Meanings

  1. 1boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 汤圆

汤shāng · rushing current圆yuán · circle

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