湯圓 (tong1 jyun2) — boiled balls of sweet glutinous rice fl… in Cantonese

tongˉ¹湯jyunˊ²圓

简汤圆

Mandarin Pinyin: tang1 yuan2

Meaning of 湯圓

nounboiled balls of sweet glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern festival

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有zouˊ²棗neiˎ₄泥tongˉ¹湯jyun4.圓。

There are date paste sweet dumplings here.

sikˍ₆食tongˉ¹湯jyunˎ₄圓hing˗₃慶jyunˎ₄元siuˉ¹宵zit˗₃節

Eat sweet dumplings for the Lantern Festival.

go˗₃個tongˉ¹湯jyunˎ₄圓jyunˎ₄圓lukˉ¹轆luk1.轆。

The glutinous rice ball is round and plump.

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