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red tortoise cake

red tortoise cake noun: a small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.

Noun

red tortoise cake (plural red tortoise cakes)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
    Synonyms:
    ang ku kueh

Synonyms of red tortoise cake

Forms of red tortoise cake

pluralred tortoise cakes

Origin of red tortoise cake

Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”).

Questions about red tortoise cake

What does red tortoise cake mean?
Red tortoise cake means a small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
What part of speech is red tortoise cake?
Red tortoise cake is a noun.
What is the plural of red tortoise cake?
The plural of red tortoise cake is red tortoise cakes.

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