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qingtuan

/tʃɪŋ.twɑn/

qingtuan noun: a sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China.

Noun

qingtuan (plural qingtuan)

  1. A sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China.
    • [...] qingtuan, which are green sticky rice balls, are eaten.2016 January 12, DK Travel, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Beijing and Shanghai, Penguin, →ISBN
    • [...] qingtuan, which are sweet green rice dumplings made from glutinous rice colored with vegetable juices […]2017 April 17, Paul Fieldhouse, Food, Feasts, and Faith, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 425
    Synonyms:
    green dumpling

Synonyms of qingtuan

  • green dumpling

Forms of qingtuan

pluralqingtuan

Origin of qingtuan

Borrowed from Mandarin 青團／青团 (qīngtuán) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Questions about qingtuan

What does qingtuan mean?
Qingtuan means a sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China.
What part of speech is qingtuan?
Qingtuan is a noun.
How do you pronounce qingtuan?
Qingtuan is pronounced /tʃɪŋ.twɑn/.
What is the plural of qingtuan?
The plural of qingtuan is qingtuan.

Words near qingtuan in the dictionary

  1. Qingshanhu
  2. Qingshui
  3. qingsongite
  4. Qingtian
  5. Qingtongxia
  6. qingtuan
  7. Qingu
  8. Qingxiu
  9. Qingxu
  10. Qingyang
  11. qingyangshengenin

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