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tapioca pearl

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.

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Across languages

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 粉圓 /粉圆 (fan2 jyun4) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Hakka Chinese: 粉圓 /粉圆 (fún-yèn) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Chinese: 粉圓 /粉圆 (zh-min-nan) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Chinese Mandarin: 珍珠 (zhēnzhū) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粉圓 /粉圆 (fěnyuán) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Finnish: tapiokarae — edible ball made from tapioca
  • French: perle de tapioca — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Hindi: साबूदाना (sābūdānā) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Indonesian: pacar cina — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Indonesian: sagu mutiara — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Japanese: タピオカパール (tapioka pāru) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Korean: 타피오카 펄 (tapioka peol) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Polish: granulat z tapioki — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Portuguese: pérola de mandioca — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Portuguese: bolinha de sagu — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Portuguese: sagu — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Russian: ша́рик тапио́ки (šárik tapióki) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Russian: зерно́ тапио́ки (zernó tapióki) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Spanish: perlas de tapioca — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Spanish: bolita de mandioca — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Thai: ไข่มุก (kài-múk) — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Vietnamese: bột bán — edible ball made from tapioca
  • Vietnamese: trân châu — edible ball made from tapioca