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tangyuan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tangyuan
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Mandarin 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán).

Usage

Inflected Forms

tang yuan (alternative)

Questions

What does tangyuan mean?
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.
Where does tangyuan come from?
From Mandarin 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán).

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