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soup dumpling

soup dumpling noun: tangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.

Noun

soup dumpling (plural soup dumplings)

  1. Tangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.
  2. (sometimes explicitly) Xiaolongbao, a small variety of tangbao popular around Shanghai.

Forms of soup dumpling

pluralsoup dumplings

Origin of soup dumpling

Calque of Mandarin 湯包 /汤包 (tāngbāo, “soup dumpling”).

Questions about soup dumpling

What does soup dumpling mean?
Soup dumpling means tangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.
What part of speech is soup dumpling?
Soup dumpling is a noun.
What is the plural of soup dumpling?
The plural of soup dumpling is soup dumplings.

Words near soup dumpling in the dictionary

  1. soup bones
  2. soup bowl
  3. soup bowls
  4. soup de jour
  5. soup du jour
  6. soup dumpling
  7. soup dumplings
  8. soup joumou
  9. soup kitchen
  10. soup kitchens
  11. soup mandel

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