粵

老lou5婆po4餅beng2

simp老婆饼
lou5 po4 beng2lǎo po bǐnglǎo pó bǐng

English

  1. "wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)
  2. Wife cake, a pastry made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste and sesame
  3. a traditional Cantonese pie, also called "winter melon pie", the filings are made of sugar boiled winter melon paste twisted with glutinous rice flour, covered with crisp pastry. Literally: wife cake

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 廣東傳統餅食,又稱冬蓉酥。用糖煮冬瓜蓉再加糯米粉搓成餡料,外包油酥皮烘至金黃。

Examples

  • 元朗老婆餅好出名架,好多遊客嚟香港都會買返去做手信。

    The "Wife Cake" from Yuen Long is very famous, many tourists would buy them as gifts when they visit Hong Kong.

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

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