餡 (haam2) — filling or stuffing for pies, cakes, dumplings, etc in Cantonese
haamˊ²餡简 馅
Mandarin Pinyin: xian4
Meaning of 餡
nounfilling or stuffing for pies, cakes, dumplings, etc
Example Sentences with 餡
ngoˏ₅我zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意sikˍ₆食zouˊ²棗neiˎ₄泥haam6.餡。
I like eating date paste filling.
go˗₃個haamˍ₆餡bengˊ²餅houˊ²好hoeng1.香。
The pie smells very good.
neiˏ₅你maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗haamˍ₆餡beng2?餅？
Did you buy a pie?
keoiˏ₅佢zingˊ²整haamˍ₆餡bengˊ²餅aa3.呀。
She's making a pie.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食haamˍ₆餡beng2.餅。
I want to eat a pie.
Words Containing 餡
雞蛋餡烘餅gai1 daan6 haam2 hong3 beng2
egg custard tart -- often featured at dim sum (點心) restaurants
餡料haam6 liu2
filling (for pastries, pies, etc.)
蛋餡烘餅daan6 haam2 hung3 beng2
Egg custard tart
餃子形餡餅gaau2 zi2 jing4 haam2 beng2
piroshki, individual-sized baked or fried buns stuffed with a variety of fillings
餡兒haam2 ji4
filling; stuffing | Spoken Cant. is just 餡 (haam62), the 兒 representing the rolling-r suffix of northern Mandarin nouns.
餡餅haam2 beng2
meat pie; tart; cake
百果餡baak3 gwo2 haam2
mincemeat (lit., "hundred fruits filling")
東北餡餅dung1 bak1 haam2 beng2
Northeast stuffed cakes
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