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tangyuan

tangyuan noun: a Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water.

Noun

tangyuan (countable and uncountable, plural tangyuan)

  1. A Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water.

tangyuan meaning in Indonesian, Vietnamese and Myanmar

tangyuan in Indonesian

food made from glutinous rice flour
ronde

tangyuan in Vietnamese

food made from glutinous rice flour
chè thang viên, sủi dìn, thắng dền, bánh chay, bánh trôi nước, chè trôi nước

tangyuan in Myanmar

food made from glutinous rice flour
မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် mun.lum:repau

Forms of tangyuan

pluraltangyuan
alternative formtang yuan

Origin of tangyuan

From Mandarin 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán).

Questions about tangyuan

What does tangyuan mean?
Tangyuan means a Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water.
What is tangyuan in Indonesian?
Tangyuan in Indonesian is ronde. See Tangyuan meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is tangyuan?
Tangyuan is a noun.
What is the plural of tangyuan?
The plural of tangyuan is tangyuan.

Words near tangyuan in the dictionary

  1. Tanguy
  2. Tanguys
  3. tangy
  4. Tangye
  5. Tangyin
  6. tangyuan
  7. tangzhong
  8. tangzhuang
  9. tangzhuangs
  10. tanha
  11. tanhouse

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