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malatang

Syllables: ma·la·tangUS/ˈmɑ.ləˌtɑŋ/

malatang noun: a hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China.

malatang: a hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China
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Noun

malatang (uncountable)

  1. A hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China.
    • Korean crab is small, that's all there is to it, but the red-pepper soup it's cooked in is like Chinese malatang. Meaning it burns you both ways and somehow you're thankful for the pain.2001, Tom Crawford, The Temple on Monday, →ISBN, page 78
    • Boss Zhang went to the Sichuan restaurant for malatang (a Sichuan dish) again. After the malatang, he went for Karaoke. And then he continued to play mah-jong with friends.2007, 汉语常用关联词语学习手册, page 5

malatang meaning in Vietnamese

malatang in Vietnamese

hot spicy soup of meat and vegetables
ma lạt thang

Examples of malatang in a sentence

  • […] steamers, noisy kebab sellers and red-cheeked malatang (spicy soup with meat and vegetables) vendors.2013, Lonely Planet Shanghai, →ISBN:
  • "First on the menu the birds have prepared a delicious bird nest soup and then we can enjoy malatang, other stuff, and a dish of fish."2013, Joe Remesz, From Canada to Philippines: Nonsense Novel, →ISBN, page 177:
  • Among faddish foodies, Yunnan cuisine from China's far south has recently become popular, as has malatang from Sichuan – a kind of dry hotpot.2013, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Beijing, →ISBN:

Origin of malatang

From Mandarin 麻辣燙／麻辣烫 (málàtàng).

Questions about malatang

What does malatang mean?
Malatang means a hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China.
What is malatang in Vietnamese?
Malatang in Vietnamese is ma lạt thang. See Malatang meaning in Vietnamese.
How do you use malatang in a sentence?
[…] steamers, noisy kebab sellers and red-cheeked malatang (spicy soup with meat and vegetables) vendors.
What part of speech is malatang?
Malatang is a noun.
How do you pronounce malatang?
Malatang is pronounced /ˈmɑ.ləˌtɑŋ/ (US).

Words near malatang in the dictionary

  1. malassimilations
  2. malassociation
  3. malassociations
  4. malassoes
  5. malassos
  6. malatang
  7. Malatawan
  8. malate
  9. malates
  10. Malatestan
  11. malathion

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