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bánh xèo

/bɑːn sjaʊ/

bánh xèo noun: vietnamese fried pancake made of rice flour, water, and turmeric powder, stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, diced green onion, and bean sprouts.

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Noun

bánh xèo (plural bánh xèos)

  1. Vietnamese fried pancake made of rice flour, water, and turmeric powder, stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, diced green onion, and bean sprouts.
    • Ba hovers over a stove in the well-lit room, glancing when he hears the creak underfoot. “I’m making bánh xèo.” […] The smell of crisp crêpe, yellow with turmeric and heaped with glistening pork belly, shrimp, and bean sprouts, makes the acid simmer down in my stomach.2023, Trang Thanh Tran, She is a Haunting, →ISBN

bánh xèo meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

bánh xèo in Thai

Vietnamese fried pancake
ขนมเบื้องญวน

bánh xèo in Vietnamese

Vietnamese fried pancake
bánh xèo

Forms of bánh xèo

pluralbánh xèos

Origin of bánh xèo

From Vietnamese bánh xèo.

Questions about bánh xèo

What does bánh xèo mean?
Bánh xèo means vietnamese fried pancake made of rice flour, water, and turmeric powder, stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, diced green onion, and bean sprouts.
What is bánh xèo in Thai?
Bánh xèo in Thai is ขนมเบื้องญวน. See Bánh xèo meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is bánh xèo?
Bánh xèo is a noun.
How do you pronounce bánh xèo?
Bánh xèo is pronounced /bɑːn sjaʊ/.
What is the plural of bánh xèo?
The plural of bánh xèo is bánh xèos.

Words near bánh xèo in the dictionary

  1. Bádiu
  2. Bái
  3. Bálint's syndrome
  4. bánh mì
  5. bánh mìs
  6. bánh xèo
  7. bánh xèos
  8. Bárðarbunga
  9. Bâcleș
  10. Bâlteni
  11. Bâlvănești

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