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mantou

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • män′tō′

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noun

Meaning 1

Chinese steamed bun (without any filling)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 饅頭/馒头 (mántou). Doublet of mandu, manju, and manti.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 饅頭 /馒头 (maan4 tau4) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Chinese: 饅頭 /馒头 (zh-min-nan) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Chinese: 麵頭 /面头 (zh-min-nan) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 饅頭 /馒头 (mántóu) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Esperanto: mantoŭo — Chinese steamed bun
  • Esperanto: mantoo — Chinese steamed bun
  • French: mantou — Chinese steamed bun
  • Indonesian: mantao — Chinese steamed bun
  • Indonesian: roti mantau — Chinese steamed bun
  • Japanese: マントウ (mantou) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Korean: 만두 (mandu) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Kyrgyz: мантуу (mantuu) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Manchu: ᠮᡝᠨᡨᡠ (mentu) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Polish: mantou — Chinese steamed bun
  • Russian: ма́ньтоу (mánʹtou) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Russian: маньто́у (manʹtóu) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Thai: หมั่นโถว (màn-tǒow) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Thai: หม่านโถว (màan-tǒow) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Uyghur: جىڭموما (jingmoma) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Uyghur: تاڭموما (tangmoma) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Uyghur: دوبازا (dobaza) — Chinese steamed bun
  • Vietnamese: màn thầu — Chinese steamed bun
  • Zhuang: manzdouz — Chinese steamed bun