粵

湯tong1圓jyun2

simp汤圆
tong1 jyun2tāng yuán

English

  1. boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
  2. sweet dumplings in soup

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 甜品；用糯米皮包住甜嘅餡料，製成一粒粒嘅球體。常見嘅餡料有芝麻、紅豆、花生等等，煮嘅時候，通常會加糖同埋薑。（量詞：粒）

Examples

  • 你鍾意食芝麻味，定係花生味嘅湯圓？

    Which flavor of sweet dumplings do you like? Sesame or peanut?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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