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tangyuan

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

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Mandarin 湯圓/汤圆 (tāngyuán).

Across languages

Translations

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  • Burmese: မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် (mun.lum:repau) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Chinese Cantonese: 湯圓 /汤圆 — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Hakka Chinese: 惜圓 /惜圆 (siak-yèn) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Hakka Chinese: 雪圓仔 /雪圆仔 (siet-yèn-é) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Chinese: 圓仔 /圆仔 (zh-min-nan) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯圓 /汤圆 (tāngyuán) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Wu Chinese: 湯糰 /汤团 (1thaon-doe) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Indonesian: ronde — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Japanese: 湯円 (tan'en) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Khmer: នំពងត្រី (numpôngôtrei) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Khmer: នំអ៊ី (num ʼii) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Korean: 탕위안 (tang'wian) — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Polish: tangyuan — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: chè thang viên — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: sủi dìn — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: thắng dền — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: bánh chay — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: bánh trôi nước — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Vietnamese: chè trôi nước — food made from glutinous rice flour
  • Zhuang: mbiznongz — food made from glutinous rice flour