Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xiaolongbao

/ˈʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: xiao-long-bao
IPA: /ˈʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai.

Example Sentences

"This is Din Tai Fung, the first OC outpost of the Taiwanese-based chain famous for xiaolongbaos (a.k.a. juicy pork dumplings). […] Shanghainese in origin, but perfected in Taiwan by Din Tai Fung’s Chinese founders, xiaolongbaos are bite-sized, soup-filled purses of pork."
"Perhaps the dish Shanghai is most famous for, other than its hong shao rou red-cooked pork, is xiaolongbao, a soup dumpling that is hard to pronounce but easy to devour. […] All of the xiaolongbao'''s are wrapped and steamed to order, and customers can watch as the assembly line of cooks prepare them."
"Pierogis: perhaps one of the crown jewels of all dumplings, somewhere between ravioli and gyoza, just below xiaolongbaos and empanadas."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 小籠包 /小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

Word Breakdown

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Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈʃaʊlɒŋbaʊ/

Inflected Forms

xiaolongbaos (plural) xiao long bao (alternative) hsiao-lung-pao (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce xiaolongbao?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/.
What does xiaolongbao mean?: A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai.
Where does xiaolongbao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 小籠包 /小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

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